Category: YOUR HEALTH
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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)...
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With supply of new J&J vaccine to be boosted by Merck deal, Beshear says state may need FEMA help to get doses in arms
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers are from unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News President Biden announced Tuesday that there will...
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Beshear says low case and death numbers in nursing homes show vaccines work; calls Texas governor’s relaxations ‘reckless’
White House Coronavirus Task Force graph (click on it to enlarge) shows testing and the rate of positive tests in Kentucky have both generally declined over the last two months. Gov. Andy Beshear...
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Capacity limits going to 60% for many; Beshear says Monday’s numbers make ‘the most optimistic report I’ve been able to give’
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Following seven weeks of declining coronavirus cases and positive-test...
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New virus cases keep going down, but still 10th in U.S.; share of Kentuckians testing positive rises after falling for eight days
New York Times table, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for the full list, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky continued a downward...
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It’s National Children’s Dental Health Month, time to think about improving the poor oral health of Kentucky’s children
Dr. Stephanie Poynter —– By Stephanie Poynter Chair, Kentucky Oral Health Coalition It is no secret that Kentucky has historically had a poor reputation when it comes to our dental...
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Nearly all metrics of the pandemic in Ky. are going the right way, with new single-dose vaccine likely to be approved this weekend
A flag is placed behind the Capitol for each Kentucky Covid-19 victim. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The good news on a rainy Friday was...