Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Health commissioner says to expect more coronavirus surges, so it’s important to keep encouraging vaccines despite resistance
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will continue to see coronavirus surges from time to time, and because Covid-19 still has the potential to overwhelm the health-care system, it’s...
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Beshear urges ‘immediacy’ when it comes to getting a Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot, as Thanksgiving nears
Kentucky Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus infection rates in Kentucky kept inching up, Gov. Andy Beshear kept urging...
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All Ky. adults can get booster; new-case rate and hospitalizations up over 2%; cases in unmasked Warren County schools jump
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows cases increasing with colder weather. To enlarge any image, click on it; for the interactive version of this map, with local...
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Statewide pandemic metrics mostly stable, but hospital numbers keep rising; Bourbon County shifts to in-home schooling
Kentucky Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 1,821 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, raising the...
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Weekly case numbers go up 20% after falling for seven weeks; Beshear calls it a plateau, says the virus ‘is not done with us yet’
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus cases in the week ending Nov. 14...
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At memorial service for 10,000-plus Covid-19 victims, Beshear announces artist and reveals design of permanent memorial
Artist’s daytime conception of memorial designed by Amanda Matthews (copyright holder of images) —– Artist’s conception of memorial at dusk At a memorial service for the 10,000-plus Kentuckians whose deaths...
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Coronavirus cases remain on a high plateau, especially among kids; 70 more deaths listed Fri.; memorial service Sun. at Capitol
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial state reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus cases in Kentucky remain on a high plateau, Kentucky reported 111 more...
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Kentucky coronavirus cases and daily infection rate go up again; booster clinic in Capitol Rotunda provides 200 booster shots
Senate President Pro Tem David P. Givens, R-Greensburg, got his coronavirus booster shot at a clinic held in the Capitol Rotunda, sponsored by Gov. Andy Beshear. (Photo from Office of the Governor)...
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Coronavirus case numbers rise; positive-test rate is up to 5.7%
Kentucky Health News graph, from unadjusted initial daily reports by Ky. Dept. for Public Health —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News All the leading indicators of the pandemic went the...
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‘Unplug’ from sources of misinformation, and treat unvaccinated with dignity and respect, Ky. health chief tells rural health leaders
Commissioner Steven Stack, M.D. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News If you’re trying to persuade someone to get a Covid-19 vaccine, it’s important to come from a place of...