Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Pandemic numbers keep falling, except positive-test rate: 3.98%
Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News All major measures of the pandemic in...
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Blacks and whites traded places in Ky. coronavirus statistics as the pandemic became less urban and more rural
Graph by Bruce Maples (click to enlarge); dashed lines show races’ share of state population. —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health NewsAs the coronavirus pandemic took off, there was a...
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Bill to allow opt-out of mandatory vaccines in an epidemic passes House, after what one lawmaker called a ‘disclaimer’
Rep. Kim Moser (Legislative photo from Jan. 6) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With what one lawmaker called a “disclaimer,” the House changed and passed a Senate bill...
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Virus outbreak at state penitentiary stalls decline in number of new coronavirus cases in Kentucky; positive-test rate down again
By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most measures of the pandemic in Kentucky kept declining Friday, though an outbreak at the state penitentiary helped drive the state’s...
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New recommendations for CT scans to detect unknown lung cancer allow younger and lighter smokers to get checked
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More people now qualify for yearly low-dose scans to detect lung cancer, under new federal guidelines released Tuesday, March 9. This is good news...
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Medicare-certified nursing homes will open to visitors Monday; guidelines criticized; 1C vaccine category qualifications expanded
Screenshot of interactive New York Times map shows in black counties that have had more than 250 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days. Lyon County is highest, and adjoining...
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Beshear: ‘We are going to get back to a normal’ that he hopes is kinder and gentler; Rocky Adkins: ‘Let’s not kick it out of bounds’
Gov. Andy Beshear spoke with Bernard Ingram as he got a shot in Russell, near Ashland. (State photo) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic continued to wane,...
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Visits to nursing-home residents will be allowed soon
A nursing-home resident in Kirkland, Wash., who had tested positive for the coronavirus, blew a kiss to her son-in-law and daughter early in the pandemic. (Photo by Ted Warren, The Associated Press)...
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Share of Kentuckians testing positive for coronavirus falls below 4%, but Ky. testing for variants lags; Beshear says ‘stay vigilant’
Screenshot of interactive CDC map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows 507 Ky. virus cases have had genomic sequencing to identify variant strains, some of which are more contagious than normal. —–...
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39% in Ky. had symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder Feb. 3-15; community mental health centers can help them
Steve Shannon —– By Steve Shannon Kentucky Association of Regional Programs The hurt is real for the people of Kentucky and across the globe. The mental anguish of isolation, remote...