Category: YOUR HEALTH
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CDC says recent increase in hospitalization of young people for Covid-19 shows need for their age group to get vaccinated
Amy Kreutziger, 14, got a shot in New Orleans in May. (Photo by Kathleen Flynn, Reuters, via Washington Post) —– After decreasing early this year, hospitalizations of adolescents for Covid-19...
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Beshear starts incentives to get people vaccinated, including 15 scholarships for students 12-17 and three $1 million drawings
Beshear announces incentives (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus vaccination rates in Kentucky keep slowing, Gov. Andy Beshear has announced new lottery-style incentives: $1...
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Audit of death certificates ends, adds 260 Covid-19 fatalities; new virus cases and test rates are still declining; so are vaccinations
For the first time in many months, no counties are in red. (Ky. Health Dept. map, relabeled by Ky. Health News) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear...
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Pandemic roundup: Ky. ranks 29th in full vaccination; U of L Health to require staff shots; daily new-case average below 400
Chart of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by The Washington Post —– Kentucky ranks 29th among the states in percentage of population fully vaccinated for the coronavirus and...
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Pandemic metrics, still tilting down, pass more milestones
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Measures of the pandemic passed more milestones in Kentucky...
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Beshear says Ky. data prove vaccines work; asks younger Kentuckians, who make up most new cases, to get vaccinated
Graphic by The Washington Post is updated daily. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At his only announced pandemic press briefing of the week, Gov. Andy Beshear shared Kentucky data that shows...
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Places with more uninsured had more Covid-19 cases, deaths; Ky. did well; its Medicaid rolls grew more than all but 2 states’
Chart by Dustin Pugel, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News People living in communities with high rates of uninsured...
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Kentucky’s 7-day average of daily new coronavirus cases is below 500 for first time in 10 months; positive-test rate keeps falling
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s seven-day average of new coronavirus cases...
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As Covid-19 metrics slowly trend down, we can talk about the end of the pandemic, but that’s a somewhat fuzzy concept
WebMD image —– For more than a year, people have pondered when the coronavirus pandemic would be over. A firm answer to that question depends on many factors, but several...
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Coronavirus vaccines work even if you don’t have any side effects
Infographic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention —– Even if you don’t get any flu-like symptoms after getting the coronavirus vaccine, you are still protected from the virus,...