Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
No state “has met the metrics to safely reopen,” so the nation “needs to move to the public health strategy of harm reduction,” says former Baltimore health commissioner Leana Wen....
By Alex M. Azar U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, for The Washington Post President Trump’s top priority throughout the covid-19 crisis and his presidency has been protecting the health...
Getty Images photo, distributed by University of Kentucky —– By Dr. Sean McTigue University of Kentucky There have been reports coming out of New York and other states that have...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Wearing a mask when out in public is even more important as Kentucky reopens its economy, medical professionals advise. Many Kentuckians are skeptical. “It...
Protesters hung Gov. Andy Beshear in effigy from a tree across from the governor’s mansion and took their demonstration to its front porch, prompting objections from Kentucky politicians of both...
“For only the second time in about a month and a half, we have zero new deaths to report,” Gov. Andy Beshear said in his daily coronavirus update, delivered by...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear declared for the first time Friday that the coronavirus is declining in Kentucky, but he and his health commissioner warned of...
Kentucky Health News chart shows two-week trendline slightly down, more than Wednesday. —– By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsSmall child-care centers in Kentucky will be allowed to reopen June 8, and...
State Department for Public Health map, labeled by Kentucky Health News, shows Warren County with a rate of 647 coronavirus cases per 100,000 people. For a larger version of the map, click...
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov. By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As...