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New virus cases up for 5th day; covid-19 patients’ ICU use spikes; positive-test rate declines; studies don’t look good for school

By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky increased for the fifth straight day, to 778, the fourth largest number yet,...

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

Cases up, positive-test rate down; Beshear says mask mandate having effect, but suggests more people should work from home

State chart adapted by KHN; current period has 3 of 7 days remaining; at current rate would be 3845. —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Thursday’s...

By Al Cross Published July 31, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear says case numbers likely stabilizing, but positive test rate keeps rising, ‘a sure-fire sign you’ve got to be careful,’ Fauci says

Beshear showed this chart to illustrate what Kentucky needs to avoid: a spike like Oklahoma’s. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even though new cases of the coronavirus crept...

By Al Cross Published July 30, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Republicans’ new relief plan has less for hospitals, nothing for Medicaid; McConnell ‘faces flak from both left and right’

Senate Republicans’ latest covid-19 relief proposal “sets up new fights over health funding even as the pandemic continues to overwhelm the country,” report Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn of Politico. “There’s more hospital bailout cash,...

By Al Cross Published July 29, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

Beshear sees signs that his mask mandate is slowing the spread of the coronavirus; both key seven-day averages show declines

Kentucky Health News chart; daily case numbers may be adjusted after initial report. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Although the number of new coronavirus cases reported Tuesday in...

By Al Cross Published July 29, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Smoking and vaping can make covid-19 more severe

By Audrey Darville Associate professor of nursing University of Kentucky Though studies are still ongoing, more is known about the risks of smoking and covid-19. Early reports found people sickened...

By Al Cross Published July 28, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, TOBACCO, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear closes bars, cuts restaurant capacity, advises schools to delay in-person classes ’til 3rd week of Aug.; positive-test rate up

Kentucky Health News chart —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Bars will have to close and restaurants must cut their indoor capacity to 25 percent, from 50 percent, under...

By Al Cross Published July 28, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Data and health directors’ observations suggest that pandemic lockdown increased overdoses, which declined as state reopened

Graph from Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center, University of Kentucky —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Apparent overdoses reported by Kentucky hospitals and ambulance services shot up in the...

By Al Cross Published July 27, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, DRUGS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear promises ‘additional steps’ on virus; White House task force says to close bars and decrease restaurant capacity

Dr. Deborah Birx at the old governor’s mansion —– Story and photos by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After meeting in Kentucky with the response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus...

By Al Cross Published July 27, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Pandemic depresses vaccination rates; doctors and insurer say parents should feel safe taking children for health-care providers

By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Not as many Kentucky children are getting critical vaccinations as they did previous years, tracking a nationwide trend of parents staying away from health-care...

By Al Cross Published July 27, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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