Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Good news: First coronavirus vaccines given in Ky.; plan to re-open schools is announced; state saw a drop in cases last week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Calling it a “heck of a week,” Gov. Andy Beshear hailed the first coronavirus vaccinations, announced plans to resume in-person schooling and said last...
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Negotiators reach compromise on surprise medical billing, but fate of the legislation may rest with Senate Majority Leader McConnell
Health insurance companies “are furiously lobbying Congress to tweak a last-minute deal on protecting Americans from surprise medical bills — one that is viewed as favoring doctors over them,” The Washington...
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With first vaccinations expected Monday, but only the beginning of long rollout that will run well into summer, Beshear urges caution
A container with insulated boxes of vaccine is rolled from a plane into UPS Worldport in Louisville. (Photo provided by governor’s office) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the first shipments...
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Ky. pandemic numbers hold mostly steady as vaccine is shipped
New York Times map (colors differ from map used by Ky. Department of Public Health); for county numbers, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The coronavirus pandemic in...
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Health officials encourage Kentuckians without symptoms to get coronavirus tests at testing sites, not hospital emergency rooms
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lexington health officials are imploring Kentuckians without Covid-19 symptoms who want or need to get tested for the coronavirus to go to a testing...
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Positive-test rate drops below 9% after falling for eighth straight day; hospital cases decline, but a record number are ventilated
By Al Cross Kentucky Health NewsThe percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the novel coronavirus dropped for the eighth consecutive day, to 8.86%, a decline of 1.21 percentage points since...
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Despite most new cases yet, and fuller hospitals, Beshear says pandemic trend remains better as he completes a year in office
Ky. Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News On the first anniversary of his governorship, which...
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Positive-test rate drops for 6th straight day; Beshear talks about how to open schools; hospitals coordinate transfers to save beds
Lexington Herald-Leader map by Dan Desrochers, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Although public-health experts worry when more than 5 percent...
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White House task force urges testing of people without symptoms; Beshear says he will just keep encouraging them to do that
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s White House Coronavirus Task Force report again used strong language...
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New virus cases keep slacking, but intensive-care units in three hospital regions are in ‘a very precarious situation,’ Beshear says
Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As new cases of the novel coronavirus kept declining, Gov. Andy Beshear assured...