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Covid-19 hospital, intensive-care and ventilator cases keep setting new records; positive-test rate also jumps to new high
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The metrics to measure the coronavirus pandemic continue to...
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If you know someone who’s taking, or thinking about taking, horse de-wormer to fight Covid-19, please pass this along to them
Cartoon by Nick Anderson —– Demand is surging nationwide for ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug typically used for livestock, based on unsubstantiated claims that it can help Covid-19 patients. How bad is...
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Every metric to measure the pandemic in Kentucky is worse, and cases in children are rising; vaccination is up, but less than cases
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported more Covid-19 cases last week...
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McConnell keeps urging shots, but avoids comment on others’ work and won’t repeat that he has ‘total’ confidence in Fauci
McConnell spoke at the University of Kentucky as Dr. Mark Newman, head of the hospital, listened. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News At an event to...
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Coronavirus burning through low-vaccinated Breathitt County; ‘It’s like they’re blind … I don’t understand,’ local health official says
A sign in Jackson (Photos by Jamie Lucke) —– By Jamie Lucke Kentucky Health News JACKSON, Ky. – William Sizemore fights Covid-19 from the front lines in Breathitt County; he worries...
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Eastern Kentucky couple’s deeply held resistance to coronavirus vaccines illustrate difficulty of getting enough people immunized
Tomi and Josh Stacy (Photo provided to Spectrum News) —– Kentucky Health News One reason many Kentuckians are resistant to coronavirus vaccination is people like Josh Stacy. “I feel there is...
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Stivers sees legislature returning mask policy to school districts, maybe with guidelines; Beshear says universal masking needed
Sen. Robert Stivers (Image from WKYT-TV) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Kentucky General Assembly may well let local school officials decide mask policy, rather than follow a state...
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Massie leads ‘Freedom Rally’ that includes man who says his wife, a UK hospital worker, will quit her job rather than get a shot
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, left, and state Rep. Josh Calloway spoke at the rally. (Courier Journal photo by Scott Utterback) —– Opponents of restrictions to fight the coronavirus pandemic, led by Fourth District U.S....
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Most Kentucky faith communities still meet in person, many without requiring masks, and vaccination is a touchy subject
Rev. Carol Harston leads communion at Louisville’s Highland Baptist Church. (Bill Campbell photos) —– By Bruce Maples and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the state and nation endure another surge...
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Isolation, closures and lethal drug supply likely contributed to the big increase in drug overdose deaths in Kentucky last year
CNN photo —– The 49% increase in drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky in 2020 included a big jump among young people, Jasmine Demers reports for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. Her object example...