Category: CORONAVIRUS
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As you spread the spirit of the holidays, don’t spread sickness; shots reduce chance of flu and long Covid-19 by about 50%
By Ben Chandler President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Holiday cheer won’t be the only thing spreading this season. As the weather cools and people start spending more...
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Kentucky had many fewer new cases of Covid-19 last week, but more serious cases, and it still ranks eighth among the states
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News For every eight cases of Covid-19 that were reported in Kentucky in the first week of November, only five cases were reported last week....
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Flu off to fast start in Kentucky, as cases keep more than doubling each week; flu, Covid-19 and RSV threaten a ‘triple-demic’
Last week’s cases will be reported on Friday. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Influenza is spreading quickly in Kentucky, raising the threat of a “triple-demic” of flu, Covid-19 and...
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Federal government signals that President Biden will extend the public-health emergency for Covid-19 beyond Jan. 12
The U.S. Department for Health and Human Services “on Friday signaled it will extend the Covid-19 public health emergency beyond Jan. 12,” the scheduled date for its expiration, Inside Health Policy reports. “Health and...
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Kentucky Covid-19 cases rise 9%, and hospital cases jump 25%, but for the first time in weeks fewer than 60 residents died from it
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsNew coronavirus cases in Kentucky increased by nearly 9 percent last week and the number of Covid-19 patients in hospitals jumped 25%, but the positive-test...
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Most Kentucky counties have a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, but hotspots remain and other respiratory viruses are on the rise
By Melissa PatrickKentucky Health News Covid-19 appears to leveling off in Kentucky, just as other respiratory viruses ramp up. At his weekly press conference, Gov. Andy Beshear noted that Covid continues...
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Think now about preventing infection during the holidays
By Katelyn Jetelina About 2,600 Americans are still dying each week from Covid-19. The vast majority are older and vaccinated but not up to date on their boosters. As an epidemiologist, I refuse...
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Respiratory viruses are making many Kentuckians sick and causing schools to close for a few days; will there be a ‘tridemic’?
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lots of people are sick and schools are closing these days as cold and flu season has hit Kentucky early, and nearly 750 Kentuckians...
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Health officials in counties with high and low Covid-19 death rates point to vaccination rates, residents’ underlying health status
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Health officials from Kentucky counties with some of the state’s highest and lowest Covid-19 death rates both cited vaccination rates as a contributor, but...
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Jefferson County has the lowest Covid-19 death rate in Kentucky, and the top seven counties are all in official Appalachia
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has lost more than 17,000 people to Covid-19, which has killed more Kentuckians than World War I, World War II and the Vietnam...