Category: CORONAVIRUS
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As positive-test rate zooms above 9% and hospital cases surge, Beshear urges more vaccinations, boosters and caution
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted and updated by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians...
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As first U.S. Omicron case is found, Beshear says Delta remains ‘deadly and highly contagious’ in Ky.; over 3,000 new cases today
Ky. Health News chart (click to enlarge); case numbers are from initial, unadjusted daily reports. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky saw another day of increasing coronavirus cases,...
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Why we must listen to science and get vaccinated for Covid-19
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Kevin Kavanagh Recently Medicare announced a 14.5% increase in Part B premiums, primarily driven by rising health-care costs and utilization during the pandemic. Our inability to abide by...
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As Kentucky’s pandemic numbers catch up with the holiday weekend, they jump; state’s positive-test rate is now 8.31%
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus metrics took another jump Tuesday,...
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State’s positive-test rate above 8%; Beshear and Biden say new Omicron variant creates cause for concern, but not panic
Kentucky Health News graph shows data for the last 30 days. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus in the last...
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Omicron could be more contagious than Delta, but experts say it’s unlikely to be completely resistant to vaccines; research needed
By Meryl Kornfield, Adela Suliman, Christine Armario and María Luisa Paúl The Washington Post A new variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is raising concern around the world. South Africa confirmed Thursday...
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Another reason to get the Covid-19 vaccine: Every case of the coronavirus is an opportunity for the virus to mutate
hopkinsmedicine.org photo —– Every case of the coronavirus — whether in an adult or a child and whether it is symptomatic or not — gives the virus another opportunity to...
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Kentucky’s coronavirus positive-test rate goes above 7%; lack of home tests will make Thanksgiving riskier than it should be
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge or here for interactive version. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky mostly plateaued Wednesday as...
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Pandemic numbers continue to tick up, especially Covid-19 hospitalizations; 53 more deaths reported, raising recent average
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky heads into a cold Thanksgiving weekend that...
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Coronavirus cases, positive-test rate and hospitalizations keep rising in Ky., creating more risk as Thanksgiving approaches
State Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In the last week, coronavirus cases, the share of...