Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Ky. Covid-19 cases up 22% last week; flu kills 31 more, including several children; docs worry about diseases’ effects on weakened seniors
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Covid-19 cases in Kentucky rose 22 percent last week and influenza killed 31 more Kentuckians, including three more children, physicians encouraged Kentuckians to...
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Rep. Guthrie, in line to head health panel, says priorities include Medicare oversight, Covid-19 origins and price transparency
U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green discussed several health issues that Republicans will focus on when they take over the House during an interview with Caitlin Owens of Axios,...
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Ky. respiratory roundup: Hospitals filling; Covid-19 map greener; Beshear calls Fla. governor’s request for vaccine grand jury ‘silly’
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The federal risk map for Covid-19 in Kentucky got greener in the last week, but some Kentucky hospitals are filling up...
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58% of Kentucky adults say the pandemic is over for them, and resistance among the unvaccinated to getting a shot is increasing
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Four in seven Kentucky adults (57%) think the pandemic is over in the state and more than 80% say concerns about Covid-19 will not...
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New cases of the flu outnumber new cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky, but deaths from Covid-19 went back up last week
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Newly confirmed cases of influenza are outpacing new cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky, and the state is among the national...
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Beshear says health decisions based on Kentuckians’ needs, not politics; wishes he could have been more persuasive on vaccines
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear says the decisions he’s made when it comes to the pandemic and medical marijuana have been made to help Kentuckians, and...
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Number of Ky. counties with high and medium Covid-19 risk tick up a bit; Beshear says it’s likely due to ‘post-Thanksgiving bump’
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of Kentucky counties with high and medium risk of Covid-19 transmission on the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map released Thursday were...
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Epidemiologist says the dreaded triple-demic is here, with RSV, flu and Covid-19 cases all rising together
With national rates of influenza, Covid-19 and respiratory syncytial virus rising together, the “dreaded and much anticipated triple-demic is finally here,” epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina writes in her newsletter, Your Local Epidemiologist. RSV is...
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As flu cases surge in the state, CDC and infectious-disease doctor at UK urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As cases of influenza continue to surge in Kentucky, an infectious-disease doctor says the best way to protect yourself, your loved ones and your...
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Flu cases in Kentucky keep rising; at least one hospital system in the state saw more flu patients than Covid-19 patients last week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Influenza continues to slam Kentucky, with one hospital system saying last week’s flu admissions were greater than Covid-19 admissions and another seeing about equal...