Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Life with the virus: Derby will have no fans, some schools abandon in-person teaching; intensive-care cases jump
Kentucky Health News graph; state Department for Public Health data —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The novel coronavirus continued to cause novel developments in Kentucky on Friday, as Churchill Downs announced that...
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Use the pandemic to improve your mental health, not damage it
By Paul Prather It’s been my observation that some people, sometimes—not all people, all the time—pass their lives spinning as many plates as they can, staying constantly occupied so they...
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High schools stick to football plans, but Beshear could still blow the whistle; 14 covid-19 deaths raise state’s three-day total to 38
Huey Cornelius, 81, of Lexington, was the covid-19 victim the governor highlighted at his briefing. —– By Mary Meehan and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As numbers of coronavirus cases...
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Multimedia campaign aims to get Kentucky children immunized, reverse pandemic-driven decline in their vaccination rates
A new multimedia campaign is designed to reverse a big decline in Kentucky children’s vaccination rates. “Raise Your Guard, KY” urges Kentuckians to get themselves and their families back on...
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As cases rise among young people, state will report how many there are at universities; 12 deaths for second straight day
Chart used by Health Commissioner Stack Aug. 6. He did not provide an update. —– By Mary Meehan and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that...
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Beshear calls for patience as coronavirus case numbers rise again; cases in schools will be on state’s daily report
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear called for patience Tuesday as the state continues to battle the novel coronavirus that he said had infected 627 more Kentuckians....
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White House virus task force puts more than half of Ky. counties in ‘red’ or ‘yellow’ danger zone, says bars should be closed
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest weekly White House Coronavirus Task Force report on Kentucky showed an increase in both red and yellow zones last week, with the number of...
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Beshear says Ky. faces character test in suppressing virus so schools can open safely on his Sept. 28 date; some go ahead
Graph illustrates previously reported new weekly high in new coronavirus cases. State graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it —– This story has been...
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Poll: 3 of 4 Kentuckians say they worry about affording health care
Chart from poll report; for a larger version, click on it —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than half of Kentucky adults struggled to pay for health care...
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Ky. campaigning in seven counties to get more of Black and Hispanic populations, hard-hit by covid-19, on Medicaid
Image from Diversity Nursing Blog —– Kentucky is launching a “1-2-3 No Cost to Me” campaign to get more Black and Hispanic residents enrolled in health coverage, Deborah Yetter reports for the...