Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Some pandemic numbers in Kentucky keep rising, slightly
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Several measures of the pandemic in Kentucky...
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Legislature says ‘deadbeat parents’ shouldn’t get food aid; Democrats say move will hurt children more than parents
Rep. Pamela Stevenson (Legislative photo from Feb. 25) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The General Assembly has reinstated a 2018 policy that disqualified some non-custodial parents from getting federal...
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Key numbers of pandemic in Kentucky head in wrong direction
Ky. Health News graph of initial, unadjusted daily reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 921 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, a jump of more...
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Politifact and Kaiser Health News fact-check Sen. Rand Paul’s assertions about mask wearing, find them to be “half-true’
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has become known for his squabbles with infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, most recently at a Senate hearing when Paul insisted that people don’t need to...
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Supply finally exceeds demand: Beshear lets any Kentuckian 16 and older get a coronavirus shot starting Monday, April 5
Gov. Andy Beshear displayed this slide listing vaccination sites with the most open appointments. To enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will open up...
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Vaccinations may come to Kentucky state prisons next week, after an increasing number of questions about why it took so long
State Sen. Robin Webb —– By Bruce Maples and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the state’s coronavirus vaccination program has gradually expanded, so have questions about the very limited...
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Contrary to the national trend, pandemic numbers in Kentucky stay on a rough plateau or decline slightly
By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News As the rest of the country is seeing increasing numbers of new coronavirus cases, Kentucky continues at a rough plateau or even a slight a decline...
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Kentucky’s one-dose vaccination rate is above adjoining states’, but its positive-test and new-case averages have hit plateaus
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily reports of cases —– By Bruce Maples and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic in Kentucky hit a plateau,...
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People gave up on influenza pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of prevention – and many of them paid a price
Armistice Day celebrations of the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 1918, worried public-health experts as people crowded together in cities across the United States. (Photo by The Associated Press)...
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Pike, Woodford, Perry, Fayette and Floyd counties lead Kentucky in full vaccination, Washington Post reports, using CDC data
Screenshot of Washington Post interactive map; click it to enlarge. Click here for interactive version. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Two pairs of very different Kentucky counties – Pike, Woodford, Perry and...