Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Cameron urges Louisville schools to end their mask mandate
Daniel Cameron —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Attorney General Daniel Cameron is urging Jefferson County school officials to end their mask mandate and telling them that he is...
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Kentucky continues have the nation’s highest rate of new Covid-19 cases, even though case numbers dropped 7.9% last week
New York Times map shows Kentucky continues to be the national hot spot. Click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky have gone up...
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Flooding and recovery cause concerns about health and safety
WEKU-FM photo by Stu Johnson —– “Maintaining good physical and mental health is top of mind for health officials in flood-devastated Eastern Kentucky,” reports Samantha Morrill of WEKU-FM. “Tetanus and hepatitis are major...
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CDC eases some Covid-19 guidelines, says 89 Ky. counties are at high risk of Covid-19; state’s infection rate is highest in U.S.
CDC map estimates ranges of risk for contracting Covid-19. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened some of its Covid-19 recommendations, even more...
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53% in statewide poll say the pandemic is over for them; 1/3 are unvaccinated; 1/3 of those say they could be moved to get a shot
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus continues to rise, about a third of the state’s adults believe the pandemic...
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Experts at hearing sought by Sen. Rand Paul say gain-of-function virus research should be subject to more government oversight
Sen. Rand Paul (Photo by Jabin Botsford, The Washington Post) —– Academic and drug-industry experts told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Aug. 3 that more government oversight is needed for gain-of-function...
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Ky. has a nursing shortage; SOAR issues a plan to address the issue in the east, where health care is the main employer
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Hospital staffing shortages continue across the state, and are so dire in Eastern Kentucky that Shaping Our Appalachian Region, an organization dedicated to revitalizing and...
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New coroanvirus cases went up again last week, after a week of decline; N.Y. Times says state’s infection rate is still 2nd highest
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows state is a national hot spot. Click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After dropping 7.7%...
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9 counties drop to low risk of Covid-19, but 80 remain at high risk; Kentucky infection rate second highest among the states
CDC map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s risk from Covid-19 fell slightly last week, based on the county-by-county risk as estimated by...
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State report shows fewer new cases of coronavirus, but The New York Times ranks Kentucky’s new-case rate first among the states
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News After a six-week surge, the daily average...