Category: FEATURED
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Pandemic has thwarted vaccinations; many vaccine-preventable illnesses are more deadly to kids; schedule shots now, doc says
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky children have likely fallen behind in their routine immunizations because of the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, putting them at risk...
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Plans are in the works to open schools in fall, despite some superintendents’ concerns that guidelines make it impossible
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Some Kentucky school superintendents say they wouldn’t be able to re-open schools under suggested state guidelines that require social distancing on school buses, rely...
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Beshear offers statistics to show that his ‘drastic and significant steps’ saved thousands of lives, says to ‘remember the lessons’
This chart was topped with a headline, “Kentucky in Lockstep with White House/CDC Guidance;” Gov. Andy Beshear said May 4-10 included about 350 cases found by mass testing at a prison....
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400 Kentuckians have died of covid-19; Beshear confronts the politics of masks and resistance of some local officials to testing
The governor’s mansion uses green lights to memorialize the deaths of Kentuckians from covid-19. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On the day when the national covid-19 death toll...
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Why wear a mask when you go out in public? Because you may have the coronavirus and not know it, and it’s highly contagious
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Wearing a mask when out in public is even more important as Kentucky reopens its economy, medical professionals advise. Many Kentuckians are skeptical. “It...
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Protesters hang Beshear in effigy, sparking bipartisan rebukes
Protesters hung Gov. Andy Beshear in effigy from a tree across from the governor’s mansion and took their demonstration to its front porch, prompting objections from Kentucky politicians of both...
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No deaths from covid-19 in Ky. for the first time in 1½ months
“For only the second time in about a month and a half, we have zero new deaths to report,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in his daily coronavirus update, delivered by...
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Beshear says virus is declining in Kentucky, but he and health chief warn that might not continue ‘if we take our eye off the ball’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear declared for the first time Friday that the coronavirus is declining in Kentucky, but he and his health commissioner warned of...
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Child care reopenings set; tentative date announced for larger gatherings and bars; Beshear says ‘We may be in true reduction’
Kentucky Health News chart shows two-week trendline slightly down, more than Wednesday. —– By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsSmall child-care centers in Kentucky will be allowed to reopen June 8, and...
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Sen. Rand Paul makes claims about the coronavirus that aren’t backed by science; WFPL reporter fact-checks them
State Department for Public Health map, labeled by Kentucky Health News, shows Warren County with a rate of 647 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people. For a larger version of the map, click...