Category: FEATURED
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157 new vaccination sites to open, bringing total to 567; positive-test rate is down again; one-year memorial set Saturday
University of Kentucky pharmacist Stephanie Branham, left, gave UK’s 100,000th coronavirus vaccination to Roberta Mason of Frankfort, accompanied by her daughter Sherry Brown, at Kroger Field March 4. (UK photo by Mark Cornelison)...
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Nationwide, progress against coronavirus has stalled, and variants loom, suggesting a fourth wave of cases is possible
Chart from Axios; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Sam Baker, Axios Republished with permission The U.S. may be on the verge of another surge in coronavirus...
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Relief-and-stimulus bill includes major changes in Obamacare
By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News Stimulus checks. Funding for vaccines. Larger unemployment checks. Money to open schools. All these are features of the coronavirus relief-and-stimulus package that passed the...
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With supply of new J&J vaccine to be boosted by Merck deal, Beshear says state may need FEMA help to get doses in arms
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers are from unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News President Biden announced Tuesday that there will...
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Franklin Circuit judge issues injunction blocking three new laws the legislature passed to limit the governor’s emergency powers
Judge Phillip Shepherd —– A Frankfort judge has blocked three laws the legislature passed to limit Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency powers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd’s...
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Dolly Parton, who gave $1 million to Vanderbilt University to help develop the Moderna vaccine, gets a taste of her medicine
Dolly Parton gets her coronavirus vaccine. (CNN photo) —– Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine with $1 million donation to researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, received her shot Tuesday from Dr....
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Beshear says low case and death numbers in nursing homes show vaccines work; calls Texas governor’s relaxations ‘reckless’
White House Coronavirus Task Force graph (click on it to enlarge) shows testing and the rate of positive tests in Kentucky have both generally declined over the last two months. Gov. Andy Beshear...
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Capacity limits going to 60% for many; Beshear says Monday’s numbers make ‘the most optimistic report I’ve been able to give’
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Following seven weeks of declining coronavirus cases and positive-test...
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Beshear says new vaccine is ‘game changer’ and the end of the pandemic is in sight, but masks and distancing are still needed
Margaret Brennan of CBS News interviewed Gov. Andy Beshear on “Face the Nation” Sunday. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As a new vaccine was released and the coronavirus...
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Bills for local control of tobacco haven’t even been assigned to committees, though advocates say they would pass on the floor
Image: Public Health Law Center —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With less than two weeks left in the 2021 legislative session, bills to let local governments regulate tobacco...