Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Virus infection rate stalls, but new-case average hits a new high and Covid-19 hospitalizations jump 4% in one day, nearing record
Regions in red are using over 80% of ICU beds. (State table, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky...
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7-day average for Covid-19 cases a record; Ky. rate is No. 2 in nation; surge causing more hospitals to limit elective procedures
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Omicron variant of the coronavirus keeps surging in Kentucky, setting a record Tuesday for the highest seven-day rolling average, and the acceleration of...
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Pandemic still set records but may be nearing its crest in Ky.; short-staffed hospitals struggle to keep up; better masks urged
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As hope mounts that the...
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It’s too early for school boards to lift mask mandates, but they need to plan for it, former FDA commissioner Gottlieb says
Ky. Health News map, based on Ky. Dept. for Public Health data Jan. 15-21. Click on it to enlarge. —– Pediatrician Horace Hambrick attended the Jan. 10 meeting of the Scott County...
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Study: Covid-19 shots don’t affect fertility, but the disease might
Vaccines for the coronavirus don’t affect the fertility of men or women, but the virus “could cause short-term fertility problems in men,” Robert Preidt reports for HealthDay News. The study debunks a fear that has...
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Ky. again breaks record for new Covid-19 cases, over 16,000; new studies show robust protection against virus if boosted
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky hit another daily record for new coronavirus cases, surging beyond the last record by more than 1,000 cases. It also has a new...
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Pandemic keeps growing in Ky., but Beshear sees a peak in 10-14 days; Harlan County ball games called ‘super-spreader events’
The governor used this graph to show that very few fully vaccinated Kentuckians under 60 have died of Covid-19 since the Omicron variant began raising numbers in July. (Screenshot; click to...
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Governor sees ‘major outbreak’ of coronavirus cases in the General Assembly, says more legislators need to wear masks
Two of the nine in-person legislators visible in this screenshot of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee Thursday were wearing masks. At least one member participated remotely. (KET) —– By Al...
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Positive-test rate, 7-day new-case average set new records in Kentucky; more than one-fourth of new cases are in children
Ky. Health News graph; cases are from initial, unadjusted state reports. (Click on it to enlarge.) —– Kentucky Health News graph; click to enlarge. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News...
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Low Covid-19 vaccination rates are associated with high death rates; map shows your county’s rate of deaths from Covid-19
Graph by University of Kentucky College of Public Health has one dot for each Kentucky county, except the six counties that have had fewer than 20 deaths, which were omitted for statistical...