Category: CORONAVIRUS
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky keep going up and down; fell 10% last week, with 29% of new cases in people 18 and younger
New York Times map shows Kentucky and Central Appalachia remain hot spots. (Click it to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Last week, most metrics to measure the...
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CDC risk map shows 93% of Ky. counties with high or medium risk of Covid-19 infection, increased risk in Bowling Green area
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentuckians in general have about the same risk of catching Covid-19 as they did a week...
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FDA OKs updated Covid-19 booster targeting latest Omicron subvariants; Beshear says it could be available in Ky. next week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The new, updated Covid-19 booster shots that target the original strain of the coronavirus and major Omicron subvariants could be available to Kentuckians as...
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Every metric used to measure Covid-19 in Ky. went up last week; weekly report shows big jumps in youth cases, ICU patients
Kentucky Health News graph, from state data; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All the metrics to measure the impact of the coronavirus in...
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Fauci is leaving, but Comer and Paul say they’re coming after him
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Sen. Rand Paul at July 2021 hearing —– Dr. Anthony Fauci’s announcement that he will retire from the federal government at year’s end prompted two members...
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Covid-19 risk in Kentucky remains about same as a week ago, and the 7-day new-case rate is second highest among the states
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The risk of catching Covid-19 in Kentucky last week was about the same as the week...
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In 2020, Kentucky’s life expectancy fell by 2 years, more than the U.S. drop of 1.8, and was fourth from the lowest in the nation
Map by NBC News, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Kentucky Health News One of the most striking measures of the pandemic is the decline in life expectancy from 2019 to...
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The pandemic is on a rough plateau in Kentucky, which still has highest rate of new coronavirus cases of any state in last 7 days
New York Times maps show Kentucky is the U.S. hotspot, mainly because of southeastern counties. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic remained at a rough plateau in Kentucky...
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Fewer counties at high risk, but Ky. new-case rate remains No. 1 among the states; counties in southeast among nation’s top 10
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic slacked a bit in Kentucky in the last week, but the Bluegrass State still...
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Health insurers offer $25 gift card and unlimited-ride wristbands to people getting a Covid-19 shot at the Kentucky State Fair
At the Kentucky State Fair, the Kentucky Association of Health Plans is giving free, unlimited-ride wristbands and $25 gift cards (while supplies last) to attendees who go to booth B419 in the...