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Tired of wearing a mask? Keeping your distance? Washing your hands? How to keep it up as a more contagious virus threatens
Photo by JNemchinova, iStock/Getty Images —– By Dr. Diana Heiman Family and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky Covid-19 restriction fatigue and mask fatigue are real. We likely are all at...
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Pandemic keeps waning, but Ky. new-case rate ranks 6th; positive test rate falls under 8%; hospital numbers best in nearly 2 months
Screenshot of New York Times interactive map (available here), with line about Kentucky added. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Every major measure of the pandemic in Kentucky declined Sunday, from...
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Covid-19 death toll in Ky. passes 4,000, and death trend remains at peak; new cases keep falling, but this week’s rank is 5th in U.S.
Kentucky Health News chart; dates are those on which deaths were listed after state reviews. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic’s death toll in Kentucky passed 4,000...
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Ky. Covid-19 death trend at new high; new cases keep falling but 7-day average is 7th in U.S.; positive-test percentage falls again
New York Times chart, labeled by Kentucky Health News; it is updated daily on the Times site. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Covid-19 death trend reached a new high...
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Health commissioner and head of vaccine distribution will appear in webinar at 2 p.m. ET Feb. 10; free, but registration required
Officials who make decisions about the coronavirus vaccines in Kentucky will appear in a webinar at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 10. Health Commissioner Steven Stack and Transportation Cabinet Secretary...
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Four regional vaccine sites announced; health departments and some local pharmacies to get doses for people 70 and older
The governor showed video of faith leaders getting vaccinated; their names were included in a news release. The other photo shows the governor and his wife, Britainy Beshear, with memorial flags....
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Senate OKs bill for refusal of mandatory vaccination in epidemic, after removing broader exemption for required school shots
Sen. Mike Wilson —– This story has been updated to reflect the bill’s Senate passage on Feb. 4. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill that would give Kentuckians...
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Coronavirus metrics largely stable, but deaths still high; health commissioner warns Super Bowl gatherings can spread virus
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As most of the metrics used to measure the...
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Judge issues order blocking 1 of 3 new laws limiting governor’s powers, calling it ‘a clear and present danger to public health’
Judge Phillip Shepherd —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A Frankfort judge has blocked the effects of one of the three laws that the state legislature passed, over Gov....
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As virus mutations pop up around the world, there may be a silver lining: a single vaccine or booster shot may thwart them all
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh —– By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh Republished from Infection Control Today This morning I awoke to a report from Public Health of England that the United Kingdom variant of SARS-CoV-2 has...