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Registration for July 14 Rural Health Journalism Workshop in Chattanooga is open through July 7; pay no more than $30

The Association of Health Care Journalists is hosting a Rural Health Journalism Workshop on July 14 in Chattanooga for its members, and it’s easy to join and attend. This year marks the...

By Al Cross Published June 30, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, EVENTS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

In Morehead is an example of what the pandemic taught hospitals

St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead —– With the pandemic no longer stressing them, rural hospitals in Kentucky are reflecting on what it taught them. Liz Carey of The Daily...

By Al Cross Published June 30, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

Ky. Covid-19 cases and positivity rate increased last week, but hospital numbers kept nearly stable and deaths hit 11-month low

Graph by Kentucky Health News from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While most of Kentucky’s pandemic metrics went up last week,...

By Al Cross Published June 28, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, YOUR HEALTH

CDC says Covid-19 risk is growing in Ky.; it’s high in 22 counties and medium in 37; virus transmission levels are still high in 111

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s federal Covid-19 risk map shows almost half of Kentucky’s counties at increased risk. The rankings are based on new coronavirus cases, hospital...

By Al Cross Published June 24, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

Ky. medical experts say Covid-19 will always be with us, but vaccines, therapies and preventive steps mean we can live with it

Top: “Kentucky Tonight” host Renee Shaw. Bottom right: Jon Klein, M.D. Bottom left, L to R: Mark Dougherty, M.D.; Ilhem Massaoudi, Ph.D.; Fadi Al Akhrass, M.D. (Edited screenshot of KET image) —– By Al Cross Kentucky...

By Al Cross Published June 21, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Covid-19 cases in Kentucky dropped 41% last week, after two weeks of steep increases; hospitalizations and deaths remain low

National Geographic map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows high infection rates during the last two weeks in McCracken, Boyle and Montgomery counties; for a larger version, click on it. —–...

By Al Cross Published June 21, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

FILE PHOTO: Test tubes labelled "COVID-19 Test Positive" are seen in front of displayed words "OMICRON SARS-COV-2" in this illustration taken December 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Booster needed to protect against Omicron variant; infection may provide as much immunity, but doctors say a booster is better

If you haven’t gotten a booster shot following your “full vaccination” with the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines against Covid-19, you probably are not protected against getting sick from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus,...

By Al Cross Published June 21, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

CDC says the Covid-19 risk level is high in 19 Kentucky counties and medium in 29; transmission levels are high in 111 counties

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s federal Covid-19 community levels map shows a slightly increased...

By Al Cross Published June 17, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, YOUR HEALTH

Ky. health-system performance ranked 41st, Covid-19 response 49th; highest hospitalization rate, relatively low vaccination rate

Chart from 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance, The Commonwealth Fund —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 41st among the states and Washington, D.C. in the...

By Al Cross Published June 16, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

Kentucky’s Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations keep rising, somewhat steeply, but the positive-test rate is slightly lower

Kentucky Health News graph, from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While coronavirus cases and Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky went up last...

By Al Cross Published June 16, 2022 CORONAVIRUS, YOUR HEALTH

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