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State fair won’t be public; bars will be allowed to reopen with stricter rules; hospitalizations set record, reflecting July surge

Kentucky Health News chart based on initial daily numbers, which are often slightly revised —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News This month’s Kentucky State Fair will be only for...

By Al Cross Published August 7, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, EVENTS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Positive-test rate goes above 5.5%, making Beshear consider recommending another delay of in-person schooling

Ky. Health News adaptation of chart shown by Health and Family Service Secretary Eric Friedlander —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News More Kentuckians are testing positive for the novel...

By Al Cross Published August 6, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Latest White House report has fewer Kentucky counties in danger zones, drops two points of preventive advice from previous report

Table from White House Coronavirus Task Force report; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky got a better report this week from...

By Al Cross Published August 5, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Covid-19 cases up and hospitalizations at record high, but Beshear says virus leveling off in Ky.; calls for more federal aid

Chart by Daniel Desrochers of Lexington Herald-Leader shows past month’s covid-19 hospitalizations. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News After reporting 700 new cases of the coronavirus...

By Al Cross Published August 5, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear: Drop in virus cases lines up with mask mandate, and 200,000 more in Ky. would follow it if Trump wore one routinely

By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The state’s top doctor said Monday that from a medical standpoint, Kentucky has done “a pretty good job” dealing with coronavirus,...

By Al Cross Published August 4, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Almost half of counties still lack syringe exchanges, including 20 of those most vulnerable to drug-related disease outbreaks

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky counties now have harm-reduction programs to fight drug abuse, but the coronavirus pandemic has slowed their expansion and complicated the work of...

By Al Cross Published August 4, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

July 26 federal report said that in most of Ky., nursing-home visits should stop, and obese, diabetics, hypertensive should stay home

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The latest weekly report to states from the White House Coronavirus Task Force contains many recommendations for state and local officials that Kentucky officials have not implemented or...

By Al Cross Published August 4, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Pandemic calls for local leadership and trusted voices

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News This was originally published as a column in KyForward.com. Norman Chaffins and Donnie Keeton probably never expected to see their name in a column about...

By Al Cross Published August 3, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, OPINION, YOUR HEALTH

Limited Sunday report keeps the coronavirus in Ky. on a plateau

Kentucky Health News chart; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 463 new cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, a little...

By Al Cross Published August 3, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

New coronavirus case numbers and 7-day average drop below 600; positive-test rate declines for third day but remains above 5%

Kentucky Health News chart —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus numbers were almost all improved Saturday. The number of new cases, 572, was more than 200 less...

By Al Cross Published August 3, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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