Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Getty Images photo via Kaiser Health News —– By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen Kaiser Health News Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 at first. With her...
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This week’s weekly pandemic report...
President Biden and other top Democrats mingle among a largely unmasked crowd at the Congressional Picnic at the White House on Tuesday. (Getty Images photo by Chip Somodevilla) —– By Myah Ward...
TheConversation.com —– After a long hiatus of virtual meetings, business travel, in-person conferences and corporate retreats are becoming the norm again – and so is handshaking. “At no point during...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, adapted —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All but 14 of Kentucky’s 120 counties have an elevated risk of coronavirus on the...
Leana S. Wen, M.D. (Twitter photo) —– By Dr. Leana S. Wen, for The Washington Post A new variant of the coronavirus, even more contagious than previous strains, is now dominant in...
Kentucky Health News graph from state data; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All the metrics used to measure the coronavirus in...
Photo illustration from Sussex Travel Clinic —– By Dr. Lindsay Ragsdale University of Kentucky If you have with children under the age of 5, you may be now looking to...
gavi.org graphic —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus cases continue to tick up in Kentucky, a new Omicron subvariant, reported to be the most transmissible yet, is...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows estimated risk. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that just over two-thirds of Kentucky counties...