Category: HEALTH POLICY
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A message to Kentucky journalists: Don’t let fatigue and friction discourage you from covering the pandemic
Illustration from Medium.com —– By Al Cross Director and professor, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky; publisher, Kentucky Health News Just as some people are tiring...
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973 new cases, 4th highest day and biggest week yet; Beshear asks for mask wearing, says he sees less of it sometimes
Kentucky Department for Public Health map; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 973 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday,...
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7-day case average sets a record, with fifth highest daily total; 12 more die; schools in major metros not joining others in opening
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily reports; click on it for larger version —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced...
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Cases at colleges vex efforts to reopen schools; 7-day statewide average nears new high but Beshear says state can handle it
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Increasing coronavirus case numbers at universities and colleges can pose a real challenge...
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Beshear implores protesters to wear masks as he announces 796 new cases; Dr. Anthony Fauci rebukes Sen. Rand Paul
Incidence rates of the coronavirus as of Sept. 23; for a larger image, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 796 new cases...
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Beshear asks coaches to put student health first, urges schools in ‘red zones’ to follow guidance; positive-test rate jumps to 4.52%
White House Coronavirus Task force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Lisa Gillespie and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With at least five Kentucky high school...
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Kentucky records 2nd highest number of virus cases in a week, but positive-test rate remains under 4 percent for a seventh day
State chart, labeled by Kentucky Health News; final-week figure remains subject to revision. —– State chart, adapted by Kentucky Health News By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The reporting week...
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Ky. efforts at farmer suicide prevention are a national model, UK professor says; Farmer Suicide Prevention Day is Wed., Sept. 23
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky farmers, like those across the nation, work tirelessly to stay afloat amid plummeting farm incomes, market instabilities, extreme weather conditions, few safety nets...
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Cases still on rough plateau; officials urge caution in nice weather; Clinton Co. schools go remote; overweight, not just obese, at risk
Kentucky Health News chart based on daily reports, which are later adjusted slightly downward —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News State officials announced 439 more cases of the novel...
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Two weeks after the Derby, held on a Labor Day weekend, Kentucky has its second highest number of coronavirus cases
Kentucky reported 1,002 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, the largest one-day total yet, except for the 1,163 new cases reported Aug. 12. “Today’s report shows that when we...