Category: YOUR HEALTH
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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...
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Guidance for vaccinated is a yellow light, not a green one, officials say, warning that we’re still in a race with more contagious strains
State Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News Federal health officials’ new guidance for people fully vaccinated...
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CDC issues guidance for fully vaccinated people
WHAS-TV image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines Monday for people who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying they can...
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Positive-test rate rises; state has more new cases than last Sun.
State Department for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click it to enlarge —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The waning of the pandemic slowed in Kentucky Sunday, illustrating public-health...
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Positive-test rate at 4% but state lists 52 more Covid-19 deaths, making first day of pandemic’s second year its seventh deadliest
Kentucky Health News graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The seven-day average of Kentuckians testing positive for the novel coronavirus dropped...
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Coronavirus new-case numbers and positive-test rate continue to trend down; state’s new-case rate is 13th in nation
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Since the first case of the novel coronavirus was found in Kentucky a year ago, the state has tackled three separate escalations of cases,...
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157 new vaccination sites to open, bringing total to 567; positive-test rate is down again; one-year memorial set Saturday
University of Kentucky pharmacist Stephanie Branham, left, gave UK’s 100,000th coronavirus vaccination to Roberta Mason of Frankfort, accompanied by her daughter Sherry Brown, at Kroger Field March 4. (UK photo by Mark Cornelison)...