Category: YOUR HEALTH
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For first time, no new virus cases reported in Ky. long-term care
By Al Cross and Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News Almost all measures of the pandemic in Kentucky fell Wednesday, but one was especially remarkable: No new cases of the novel...
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Kentucky ranked high in per-capita rankings of new Covid-19 hospitalizations and reported deaths from the disease last week
White House Coronavirus Task Force map shows Covid-19 admissions by hospital admission zones. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky has moved closer to the national average in new...
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Outbreak of new strain of the coronavirus at nursing home shows risk of variants, but also the effectiveness of vaccines
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News An outbreak of Covid-19 in an Eastern...
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Child-care centers allowed to resume normal class sizes; state records 5,000th Covid-19 death and 1 millionth vaccination
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Bruce Maples and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On the day Kentucky recorded its...
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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...