Category: CORONAVIRUS
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Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness declines rapidly; seniors need to keep up their immunity, and we need a better vaccine
By Kevin Kavanagh for Infection Control Today I am at high risk for severe Covid-19, being 65 years or older, with additional health problems. I received my bivalent booster as...
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Energy Dept. says with ‘low confidence’ Covid-19 likely from lab; FBI confidence ‘moderate;’ intel panel, 4 other agencies disagree
The Department of Energy has concluded that the Covid-19 pandemic “most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key...
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Covid-19 risk remains low in most counties; only four estimated to have high risk; Kentucky’s 7-day infection rate is 16th in the nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky’s 120 counties continue to have a low risk of coronavirus transmission and only four of them are at high risk, according...
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky continue to drop, but rate remains tops in nation and deaths from Covid-19 remain high
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases in Kentucky have dropped for three weeks in a row, but the state’s new-case rate remains first in the nation, and...
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Even with 76% of Kentucky counties at low risk of coronavirus transmission, state ranks first in nation for new cases in last week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Three-fourths of Kentucky counties have a low risk of Covid-19 transmission, and only two of the 120 counties are at high risk, according to...
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18,000 Kentuckians have died as a result of Covid-19, state says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New cases of the coronavirus in Kentucky have dropped for two weeks in a row, but deaths from the virus have increased, bringing the...
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In 2006, Congress ordered HHS to integrate health-data systems; it still hasn’t been done, and that causes problems
“The pandemic highlighted ineffective data infrastructure across the U.S. health system,” reports Sam Whitehead of Kaiser Health News. “Coronavirus case reports sent by fax machine. Clunky tech for monitoring vaccine...
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Covid-19 hospitalizations are on the decline in Kentucky, even as weekly case numbers bounce up and down; rate still first in nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While Kentucky’s new coronavirus case numbers continue to fluctuate from week to week, the number of people hospitalized with the virus is declining. The...
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Beshear says ‘it’s time’ to end U.S. Covid emergency, set May 11, but notes expiring programs; estimated 260,000 to lose Medicaid
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear agreed with President Biden’s decision to end the Covid-19 public health emergency on May 11, a decision that will bring an...
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Most Ky. counties still have low Covid-19 risk, but number of high-risk counties rose last week and new-case rate is first in nation
This story has been updated. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsWhile most Kentucky counties continue to have a low risk from Covid-19, the number of counties with a high risk...