Category: FEATURED
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As masks become controversial, evidence mounts that they work
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wears a mask and urges others to do so. (Photo by Alex Wong, Getty Images) —– “Several new studies published this month support wearing masks to curb...
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Beshear says virus is at a new plateau, and he will be guided by hospital data; sets modified nursing-home visitation for July 15
The New York Times posts a running chart of trends in every county. For the whole chart, click here. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this...
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Experts give advice on teaching children to wear face masks
By Jenna Cook and Ashley Rapske Child life specialists, Kentucky Children’s Hospital It can be a difficult adjustment for kids to wear a face mask. Many kids may not be...
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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...