Author: Al Cross
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Vaccination needed to keep hospitals from being overrun, they say; Beshear says he’s considering another mask mandate
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky keeps surging faster, so “At this rate we...
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Paul and Massie repeatedly use Twitter to cast doubt on public-health experts’ opinions on vaccination and masking, CJ reports
Massie and Paul (Huntington Herald-Dispatch photo) —– U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and Fourth District Rep. Thomas Massie have made repeated posts in Twitter “casting doubt on public health experts’ consensus that...
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Dear Covid: I’d like to say goodbye, but if even if you linger, ‘I’ve taken some positives’ from your intrusion, pastor writes
David Whitlock —– By David Whitlock Republished from The Lebanon Enterprise Dear Covid et al., I’ve hesitated about writing, but you might as well know how I feel about you...
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Covid-19 patients in ICUs set record; worse than it seems due to staff shortages, likely to worsen due to misinformation, Stack says
Cartoon by Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the number of Kentucky Covid-19 patients in intensive care set a record...
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Covid-19 booster shots will be available in mid-September, upon FDA approval, for those who got Pfizer and Moderna shots
CDC graphic from press conference; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will offer coronavirus booster vaccinations the...
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Medicare and Medicaid will require nursing homes to make staff get a shot or lose funding; Ky. has 6th lowest staff vaccination rate
Health-care worker getting vaccinated. Temple Health photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Biden administration announced Wednesday that all nursing homes who get Medicare and Medicaid payments must...
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Financial troubles may make Letcher County Health Department vacate the multi-million-dollar building it opened 12 years ago
Letcher County Health Department (Mountain Eagle photo) —– By Sam Adams The Mountain Eagle An unwillingness to raise tax rates, a declining tax base, reduction in federal and state funding, and...
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Ky. risks running out of hospital and ICU beds, governor warns
State Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the surge of Covid-19 cases continues to escalate...
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Governor warns Covid-19 is filling up Kentucky hospitals; state’s positive-test rate is headed for a record right away
Kentucky Health News graphs, from state data —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News With the pandemic in Kentucky about to exceed the record levels it set in December and...
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Surge in Covid-19 cases can make it hard to find an advanced-care hospital bed for rural patients who have other ailments
State Dept. for Public Health table from daily report, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge. —– Skyrocketing Covid-19 hospitalizations mean hospitals are running out of beds. That’s hurting not just...