Category: YOUR HEALTH
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With Omicron, more effective masks should be worn, experts say
“With another coronavirus variant racing across the U.S., once again health authorities are urging people to mask up indoors. Yes, you’ve heard it all before,” Maria Godoy reports for NPR. “But...
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Kentucky has had a high death rate from Covid-19 since vaccines became widely available. A reason: relatively low vaccination rate.
Since vaccines for Covid-19 became widely available in April, Kentucky’s death rate from the disease is fourth in the nation, partly due to its relatively low vaccination rate, according toThe New...
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With few 5-to-11-year-olds vaccinated against Covid-19, public-health workers say kids will have to get sick to motivate parents
By Sarah Baird, The Goldenrod Over the summer — during that fleeting window of time before the Delta variant hit when we believed Covid-19 might be evaporating into a gauzy nightmare...
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Trump promotes coronavirus vaccines and booster shots, still opposes Biden’s vaccine-or-testing mandates
Kentucky Health NewsFormer President Trump is promoting coronavirus vaccines, saying he has received a booster shot, but still opposes vaccine-or-test mandates like those President Biden is still trying to get...
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With positive-test rate a record and new cases a near-record, Beshear says Kentucky is in a surge from Omicron; cities lead
By Melissa Patrickand Al CrossKentucky Health News After two days of high case numbers and a record-setting positive-test rate, Gov. Andy Beshear says Kentucky is in an Omicron-variant surge. “Folks,...
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Health reporter writes ‘Five things about Omicron that I want my friends and family to know’
Dan Diamond, a health reporter for The Washington Post, recently posted a Facebook thread about the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. It went viral, so he turned it into a story for the...
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At-home pill for Covid-19 is approved but supply is limited; Ky.’s positive-test rate nears 10%; case rate stable
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The good news about the pandemic Wednesday was that the first antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 was granted emergency-use authorization. The bad news was...
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Why it’s important for children to be up to date on vaccinations
By the Kentucky Department for Public Health Immunization is one of the greatest public-health achievements, preventing tens of thousands of deaths, millions of cases of disease, and saving billions of dollars...
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Experts urge use of respect, plain facts when talking to rural, conservative skeptics of coronavirus vaccines
“Many people in rural and conservative areas remain frustratingly resistant to vaccination, challenging public health officials to come up with more convincing — and sensitive — approaches to promoting greater...
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Biden to get free, at-home Covid-19 test to Americans in January; metrics in Ky. are high but mostly stable; positive-test rate is up
A rapid test kit for the coronavirus —- By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As health officials predict a “national surge” in Omicron cases, President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced...