Category: YOUR HEALTH
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Tick that can clone itself is found on cattle in Southern Ky. and wildlife in Eastern Ky.; it’s also a threat to pets, and hard to identify
Asian longhorned tick (Photo by Anna Pasternak, UK) —– By Katie Pratt University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment The Asian longhorned tick, which preys on a variety of...
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Spring lockdown followed by summer events makes people let their guard down and spread the virus, health departments say
Lexington Herald-Leader map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News —– Coronavirus cases are surging in Kentucky because “people are letting their guard down” at summer events like barbecues, parades and vacations,...
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Ky. records second highest number of cases and most patients in intensive care in one day; Beshear defends statewide approach
Kentucky Health News chart; daily numbers may have been slightly adjusted since initial report. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported Tuesday the second highest number...
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Beshear limits private gatherings to 10 people, issues travel-and-quarantine advisory for states with high rates of positive tests
Gov. Andy Beshear showed a version of this chart; current figure was added later by Kentucky Health News. —– Trying to tame the surging coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear limited private...
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Report prepared for task force says Ky. should tighten limits on gatherings and restaurants, close bars where positive tests are up
Screenshot from White House Coronavirus Task Force report —– A report prepared for the White House Coronavirus Task Force recommended that Gov. Andy Beshear should close bars in all counties with rising...
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With most new virus cases in a day by far, Beshear says it’s ‘a wake-up call’ and ‘We’re going to have to take some more action’
Kentucky Health News chart; daily numbers may have been adjusted slightly since the reporting date. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported nearly...
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With record number of new cases, and high positive test rates and hospitalizations, this could be Kentucky’s worst covid-19 day yet
Kentucky Health News chart; hospital data hasn’t been reported daily and recently changed systems. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With coronavirus cases at a new high, and hospitalizations...
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As Supreme Court keeps emergency orders in effect, state reports second largest number of cases found on one day
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The news Friday that Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency orders will remain in effect, until the Supreme Court of Kentucky decides their fate, overshadowed his...
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Attorney general asks court to block all of governor’s covid-19 pandemic orders, calling them arbitrary and unconstitutional
Kentucky Health News chart; daily case numbers may have been adjusted slightly —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus cases in Kentucky kept trending upward — hitting the...
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Virus cases down for day, but on upward trend; state says about 3,000 have complained businesses aren’t enforcing mask order
Kentucky Health News chart; daily case numbers are often adjusted slightly later —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 477 new cases of the coronavirus Wednesday,...