Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Ky. infection rate is still 3rd, and it has 12 of top 25 counties, N.Y. Times says, but ranks better on shots than most adjoining states
National Geographic map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– Kentucky’s coronavirus infection rate over the last seven days is still the nation’s third-highest, and its rate...
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General Assembly leaves masking authority to school districts; Republicans block votes on Democrats’ amendments
Photo by Mary Altaffer, The Associated Press —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky House and Senate gave final passage Thursday night to a bill eliminating...
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Beshear sends National Guard to 21 more hospitals as number of Covid-19 patients sets another record; only 80 ICU beds available
Slide from governor’s press conference; light blue hospitals were in first round of Guard assignments. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear sent 310 more members of...
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Positive-test rate, Covid-19 hospitalizations and ICU use in Ky. hit new highs; infection rate goes down but is third highest in nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The bad news is that Kentucky set another record for the percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the disease and for the number of...
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Insurance companies managing Medicaid start a sweepstakes for beneficiaries to win Disney World vacations for getting vaccinated
Washington Post chart, adapted by Ky. Health News, showing the latest available vaccination data. —– Kentucky’s health insurers have started a sweepstakes in which Medicaid beneficiaries can win vacation packages for...
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Public-health director asks people in his county to respect and trust people in health care, as they did when he was growing up
Joshua Embry —– By Joshua Embry In graduate school I wrote a paper about the violence that health-care workers experience at the hands of patients. I had witnessed such behavior...
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Beshear calls it ‘a scary time’ because Covid-19 case average and hospital numbers hit new high; many intensive-care units full
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky saw its fourth highest number of new coronavirus cases Friday and again set...
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Legislators wrestle with how to keep students in the classroom and at what age to require masks in day-care centers
Sen. Max Wise —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky lawmakers gear up for a special session to take over management of the pandemic, under a court ruling...
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2nd highest day for new cases; 2/3 of hospitals say staff critically short; Beshear says health system in state could be overwhelmed
Ky. Health News graph; new-case data from initial, unadjusted daily reports; click to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s health-care system is in danger of being overwhelmed...
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Broadcasters group releases 30-second public-service spot with 10 seconds from Sen. Mitch McConnell promoting vaccination
As a boy I fought polio. Today, America’s been polio-free for 40 years thanks to vaccination. We’ll beat COVID-19 with vaccines too. Protect yourself and your family. Get vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/7rtr7cqOD2...