Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Beshear gives recommendations, not mandates, for red-zone counties; health chief says infection risk has never been higher
Department for Public Health graph; numbers for most recent week are unadjusted —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus cases escalate across Kentucky like never before, Gov. Andy Beshear...
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School Nurse Task Force says every Ky. school needs a full-time nurse; asks lawmakers for $3 million to conduct a pilot program
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News “Every school needs a nurse every day, all day.” So says the Kentucky Nurses Association School Nurse Task Force, which has worked for this goal for...
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Worst-ever Sunday for novel coronavirus cases makes for worst week yet as escalation steepens; hospitalizations remain high
Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted daily reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News On Sunday, Kentucky recorded 1,462 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the most of...
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New cases hit another record; Beshear calls it ‘frightening,’ says he will talk Monday about new recommendations for red zones
Kentucky Health News graph, from unadjusted reports of daily cases, discounting large backlogs —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Calling the total “frightening,” Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,738 new...
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2nd highest number of new virus cases; week already deadliest, with a day to go; Beshear says his experience shows masks work
State health department map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click it. Lee County is blank, but had many new cases this week, many at a nursing...
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Even as the pandemic becomes more dangerous, ‘pandemic fatigue’ makes some take risks; here are tips to cope with it
Photo illustration from Skagit County, Washington, Public Health —– As coronavirus cases surge across the country with no end in sight, many of us are experiencing “pandemic fatigue” and are...
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Thurs. report: 1,330 new cases and a record 800 hospitalizations, 214 of them in intensive care; positive-test rate jumps to 5.3%
State Department for Public Health graph, relabeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Al CrossKentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 1,330 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, the third-highest daily...
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Virus cases set a record, deaths a near-record; Beshear says he might ask that all Ky. social gatherings stop for a week or two
Kentucky Health News graph, based on numbers in initial, unadjusted daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky had the highest day of new coronavirus cases and second...
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White House report: 70% of Ky. counties had a moderate or high level of virus spread; advises trading with stores that follow rules
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force again has Kentucky in...
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Cases and hospitalizations keep escalating; state prepares for a medical surge; in-home gatherings discouraged in 43 counties
Dark blue line on K-12 school dashboard shows number of quarantined students; light blue line is the number of quarantined staff; red line is new student cases; the orange line...