Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Beshear says Ky. will follow new CDC mask guidance for fully vaccinated, an incentive for Kentuckians to get ‘your shot of hope’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new recommendations Thursday that drop...
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People under 18 made up about 19% of new virus cases in Kentucky Wednesday as Pfizer vaccine OKd for children 12 to 17
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been approved for older children, and...
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Most Ky. Covid-19 metrics remain stable, but deaths are up
Ky. Health News graph; does not include deaths found by death-certificate audit; click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of the metrics used to measure...
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Beshear to lift bar and restaurant curfew; says expansion of Pfizer to young teens will let Ky. set a date for ending capacity limits
State Dept. for Public Health table shows coronavirus vaccination rates decline with age. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced he will lift the curfew on restaurants and bars...
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Ky. virus numbers decline slightly after a rise; McConnell says masking is getting complicated but getting vaccinated is not
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge —– By Al CrossKentucky Health News Measures of the pandemic in Kentucky ebbed again Sunday, confirming a downward trend after a...
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Pandemic metrics tick slightly down, but 19 deaths added; CDC acknowledges virus can go aerosol and spread farther than 6 feet
Screenshot from state website, adapted; Campbell has replaced Jefferson as the No. 5 county. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky’s pandemic numbers took slight turns for the...
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Beshear defends his re-opening plans, saying, ‘We are doing it right’; state ordered 10% less vaccine this week than it could have
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Under pressure from some Republicans to lift all pandemic restrictions or to set a date to do so, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear issued an op-ed Friday...
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Beshear lifts more capacity limits starting May 28, touts his handling of the pandemic and the state’s economic recovery
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced he will lift both indoor and outdoor capacity limits to 75 percent for businesses and events with fewer than 1,000...
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Advertising agencies’ national campaign for Covid-19 vaccination is like no other one they have ever done, and it’s still evolving
The business of persuading Americans to get a coronavirus vaccine is one of the most complex and challenging parts of the pandemic. A big part of that effort is the...
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A little moderation on masks could go a long way in rural areas like hers, Kentucky writer tells a national audience
Teri Carter —– Writing from Anderson County for The Washington Post, columnist Teri Carter says some advocates of mask wearing go too far for rural areas like hers. “Even as Americans...