Category: CORONAVIRUS
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44 of 120 counties are now out of the high-infection red zone, but Kentucky still ranks high in new cases and hospitalizations
Kentucky Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Omicron variant’s surge in Kentucky...
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Pandemic state of emergency would end March 7 under a resolution the state Senate sent to the House on a party-line vote
Sen. Donald Douglas (Legislative photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Senate has sent the House a resolution to end the Covid-19 state of emergency in Kentucky on March...
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UK medical and engineering teams will take new technology for testing wastewater for coronavirus to rural Kentucky this summer
University of Kentucky researchers will be using a mobile lab to test wastewater in rural Kentucky for Covid-19. (UK photo by Pete Comparoni) —– By Elizabeth Chapin University of Kentucky...
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Latest Covid-19 surge seems over in Kentucky, but state still has second highest infection rate among states, well into the red zone
Ky. Health News graph from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s pandemic metrics have largely returned to where they were before...
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House passes bill to add incentives and expand Rural Hospital Loan Program to include closed hospitals that reopen
Graphic from Gov. Andy Beshear’s December press conference —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to update the Kentucky Rural Hospital Loan Program to add incentives and include...
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Herd immunity from Covid-19? Not likely. Herd resistance? Yes.
Modern Healthcare illustration —– A recent report estimated that 73 percent of Americans have immunity to the coronavirus, either from being infected by it or by getting vaccinated against it. That has made...
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Most Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to trend down, but our infection rate still ranks second among the states
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases and the percentage of...
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Kentucky’s infection rate remains top among states, even as almost every metric used to measure the pandemic trends down
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it; here for interactive version. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as Kentucky’s daily new-case rate, infection rate,...
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Had Covid-19? You’re 60% more likely to have mental illness, study finds; researcher says it shows disease isn’t ‘like the flu’
Los Angeles Times photo —– People who’ve had Covid-19 have a 60 percent higher chance of experiencing mental health problems, including anxiety, depression, and thinking of suicide, as well as...
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Bill aims to ease Kentucky’s nursing shortage by relaxing licensing and instruction requirements, enrollment caps
Sen. Robby Mills —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A state Senate committee plans to hear a bill Wednesday to address the nursing shortage in Kentucky, which has been...