Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Beshear ‘cautiously optimistic’ vaccine rollout will get up to speed and meet first goal; Stack says feds made unrealistic projections
Walgreens pharmacist Tera Hayes gave licensed practical nurse Angela Williams a coronavirus vaccine at Somerset Nursing and Rehabilitation Dec. 22. (Photo: Caleb Lowndes, Commonwealth Journal) —– Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday...
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State’s positive test rate keeps rising, to 12.45%, and 3,232 new virus cases are the most Kentucky has ever reported on a Sunday
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for the interactive version, click here. County infection rates including Sunday’s updated data are on the state’s daily report, available here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky...
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Webinar shows worries about youth mental health in pandemic; last in series, on vaping and substance abuse, is at 2 ET Monday
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The fourth of five webinars about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focuses on youth mental health, especially in response to the...
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Kentucky reports 300,000th case of the novel coronavirus, outbreaks at prisons; Beshear again warns about new legislation
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic’s latest surge in Kentucky put the state over 300,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, and the positive-test rate moved above 12...
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Last 3 days are highest in new-case numbers, and positive-test rate stays high; that and legislation spark concern from Beshear
Ky. Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports from Dept. for Public Health —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of new coronavirus cases in Kentucky...
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Ky. has top 2 days of coronavirus cases, positivity rate 11.9%; Beshear blames holiday gatherings, says ‘Wear your masks’
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After reporting the highest number of new coronavirus...
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State has highest single day for coronavirus cases, by far: 5,742; legislature starts moving bills to limit Beshear’s powers
Kentucky Health News graph, with daily case data from unadjusted reports; click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As high-priority bills to limit his emergency powers...
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16 Ky. counties lack pharmacies in HHS vaccine distribution plan
Nonmetropolitan county HHS vaccination partnership pharmacy availability RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy and Analysis map; click on the image to enlarge it. —– Almost one-third of America’s rural counties, including...
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Fast virus spread raises fear that the U.S. has developed a more contagious strain; White House says if you gathered, get tested
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The novel coronavirus is spreading so fast among Americans that...
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Positive-test rate keeps going up, but Beshear says Ky. schools can safely open to in-person learning if they follow guidelines
Kentucky Health News chart, based on state Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even with the number of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus...