Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Positive-test rate falls to 3.07%, the lowest since June, but other measures of the pandemic in Kentucky remain on a rough plateau
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the novel coronavirus in the last seven days fell to near 3 percent Saturday, while other measures...
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Pandemic continues its slow wane; positive-test rate shows a blip; state starts listing publicly the date of each Covid-19 death
“Covid” is a much more common search term than “coronavirus,” says this graph by Rick Lesaar, a health-communication expert. Covid-19 is the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. —– By...
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Several health bills passed by the General Assembly deal with insurance coverage: insulin costs, telehealth and more
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A number of insurance-related bills on the governor’s desk deal with a wide range of topics including diabetes, telehealth, mental-health parity, co-payments for both...
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Two bills to improve care for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in Kentucky are on the governor’s desk
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two bills to help improve care of Kentuckians living with Alzheimer’s disease have been delivered to Gov. Andy Beshear. One sets a base level...
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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...