Category: HEALTH POLICY
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New cases of the virus in Kentucky are down for the fifth week in a row; state’s seven-day infection rate falls to ninth in the nation
Ky. Health News graph; daily case numbers are initial, unadjusted; click the image to enlarge it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky...
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Pandemic metrics keep falling, but Ky. infection rate remains one of highest; impact on Blacks in state is no longer disproportionate
County infection-rate ranges since start of pandemic, with lowest and highest marked. For other counties, via an interactive map from the American Communities Project, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health...
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Major measures of pandemic in Ky. fall; deaths remain high, but 14-day average declining; infection rates still high in Southern Ky.
Gov. Andy Beshear visited a vaccination site at Broadbent Arena in Louisville Friday. (State photo) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News All major measures of the Covid-19 pandemic declined in...
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State announces more vaccination locations, making 156; health chief clarifies CDC mask guidance; Ky. still a new-case hotspot
State Dept. for Public Health chart, with extra labeling by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Looking forward to the day when Kentucky has...
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Share of Kentuckians testing positive for coronavirus drops again; death rate still high; CDC says two masks are better than one
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Despite the persistently high deaths from Covid-19 in Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear sees hope in the state’s declining rate of residents testing positive for...
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We must break the silence about suicides of nurses as they fight for patients in the pandemic, UK’s dean of nursing writes
Janie Heath, Ph.D. —– By Janie Heath Dean, College of Nursing, University of Kentucky While the Covid-19 pandemic rages on with new variants, the urgency for Kentucky nurses to stay...
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Kentucky to get 6% more vaccine doses next week; meanwhile, case numbers and positive-test rate continue to trend down
Ky. Health News graph; new-case numbers are initial, unadjusted reports; click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsGov. Andy Beshear praised Kentuckians for their efforts in thwarting...
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As key metrics fall for 4th week in a row, Beshear says Ky. is still ‘hot’ due to strategy that kept hospitals from being overwhelmed
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the first time in the pandemic, new cases...
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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...