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Worst week yet for coronavirus cases, and 23 more covid-19 deaths, but positive-test rate drops for 2nd day in a row, to 9.8%
Kentucky Health News graph, from unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has had more new cases of the novel coronavirus this week than any...
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Only 145 confirmed flu cases have been reported in state this season, but health commissioner says it’s too early to call it mild
State Department for Public Health map shows confirmed flu cases so far this season. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has confirmed one-sixth as many flu cases this season as...
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Dec. 14 webinar will focus on the mental health of young people; latest in health foundation’s annual policy forum series
The fourth of five free webinars about efforts to reduce disease and unhealthy behaviors that often begin in childhood will focus on ways to better understand youth and ways to...
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Seven-day averages of new virus cases and covid-19 deaths in Kentucky reach new highs; Kavanaugh considers schools case
Kentucky Health News graph; dates are those on which deaths were confirmed. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic set no daily records in Kentucky Friday, but the...
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Dec. 15 is the deadline to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance; Kentucky enrollment is running behind last year’s
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The deadline to enroll in federally subsidized health insurance for 2021 is fast approaching, with the last day Tuesday, Dec. 15 to sign up...
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Ky. expects first coronavirus vaccines in mid-December, for long-term-care residents and staff, and some frontline health workers
State Department for Public Health chart, relabeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday that Kentucky expects to get its first shipment of...
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Kentucky doubled its number of covid-19 patients on ventilators in the past month; total cases in intensive care resume uptick
Graph by Kentucky Health News —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News More covid-19 patients than ever are on ventilators in Kentucky hospitals, the number having doubled in the last...
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Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky are predicted to keep increasing; much depends on how people handled Thanksgiving
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention graph, relabeled by Kentucky Health News, shows predictions of various forecasters for new covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky for the next four weeks, in ranges...
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Thanksgiving had most new coronavirus cases in a day (3,870), 2nd highest number of confirmed covid-19 deaths (32), state says
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Thanksgiving saw Kentucky’s highest number of new...
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Citing his near-death experience, Pope Francis asks you to be touched by others’ pain, so we can all gain from the pandemic
By Pope Francis In this past year of change, my mind and heart have overflowed with people. People I think of and pray for, and sometimes cry with, people with...