Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Pandemic’s decline in Kentucky: New-case average is back to last July’s level, and positive-test rate is back down to 3%
Ky. Health News graph, from state’s initial, unadjusted daily reports; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic in Kentucky marked a huge turning...
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Capacity restrictions, and mask mandate in almost all places, will end June 11; it’s a good reason to get vaccinated, Beshear says
Slide displayed by Gov. Any Beshear at news conference gives latest state rules following new CDC guidelines. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Turning one of the last pages...
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Beshear says Ky. will follow new CDC mask guidance for fully vaccinated, an incentive for Kentuckians to get ‘your shot of hope’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new recommendations Thursday that drop...
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People under 18 made up about 19% of new virus cases in Kentucky Wednesday as Pfizer vaccine OKd for children 12 to 17
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been approved for older children, and...
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Most Ky. Covid-19 metrics remain stable, but deaths are up
Ky. Health News graph; does not include deaths found by death-certificate audit; click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of the metrics used to measure...
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Beshear to lift bar and restaurant curfew; says expansion of Pfizer to young teens will let Ky. set a date for ending capacity limits
State Dept. for Public Health table shows coronavirus vaccination rates decline with age. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced he will lift the curfew on restaurants and bars...
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Ky. virus numbers decline slightly after a rise; McConnell says masking is getting complicated but getting vaccinated is not
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge —– By Al CrossKentucky Health News Measures of the pandemic in Kentucky ebbed again Sunday, confirming a downward trend after a...
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When settlement with opioid makers and distributors is reached, Kentucky and local governments will split it half and half
Photo: Forbes.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When a global settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors is settled, Kentucky will allocate half of any proceeds to the state...
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Pandemic metrics tick slightly down, but 19 deaths added; CDC acknowledges virus can go aerosol and spread farther than 6 feet
Screenshot from state website, adapted; Campbell has replaced Jefferson as the No. 5 county. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky’s pandemic numbers took slight turns for the...
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Beshear defends his re-opening plans, saying, ‘We are doing it right’; state ordered 10% less vaccine this week than it could have
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Under pressure from some Republicans to lift all pandemic restrictions or to set a date to do so, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear issued an op-ed Friday...