Category: YOUR HEALTH
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As Covid-19 sets hospital records, Beshear calls out National Guard to help, meets with legislators empowered by high court
State Department for Public Health graph —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As Gov. Andy Beshear shifts to a new role of executing and not making pandemic policy,...
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Covid-19 vaccination is on the rise in Kentucky; as Pfizer vaccine gets permanent approval, Rep. Guthrie immediately promotes it
Coronavirus vaccinations are accelerating in Kentucky, and when permanent federal approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was announced Monday, Second District U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green immediately joined another effort to urge...
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30% of new cases Fri. were 18 and younger; infections close schools; Ky. rate is 6th in U.S.; state’s ventilator count sets record
Screenshot of interactive New York Times map shows how Kentucky’s infection rate is sixth in U.S. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health NewsAs the pandemic keeps accelerating in Kentucky, and almost all schools...
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Vaccination needed to keep hospitals from being overrun, they say; Beshear says he’s considering another mask mandate
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky keeps surging faster, so “At this rate we...
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Covid-19 patients in ICUs set record; worse than it seems due to staff shortages, likely to worsen due to misinformation, Stack says
Cartoon by Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the number of Kentucky Covid-19 patients in intensive care set a record...
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Covid-19 booster shots will be available in mid-September, upon FDA approval, for those who got Pfizer and Moderna shots
CDC graphic from press conference; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will offer coronavirus booster vaccinations the...
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Ky. risks running out of hospital and ICU beds, governor warns
State Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the surge of Covid-19 cases continues to escalate...
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Governor warns Covid-19 is filling up Kentucky hospitals; state’s positive-test rate is headed for a record right away
Kentucky Health News graphs, from state data —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News With the pandemic in Kentucky about to exceed the record levels it set in December and...
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Surge in Covid-19 cases can make it hard to find an advanced-care hospital bed for rural patients who have other ailments
State Dept. for Public Health table from daily report, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge. —– Skyrocketing Covid-19 hospitalizations mean hospitals are running out of beds. That’s hurting not just...
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Guthrie, whose 2nd District lags in vaccination, advocates it
Kentucky Health News chart from Wikimedia Commons base map; rates rounded to whole numbers. —- By Al Cross Kentucky Health News When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended a third dose of...