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By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 371 new cases of the coronavirus Tuesday, the most ever found on one day, and that pushed the seven-day rolling average to...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 268 new cases of the coronavirus Monday, and about as many for each day of the holiday weekend, bringing its seven-day rolling...
Health experts say one key to getting through the pandemic without being infected is to limit your possible exposure to the coronavirus. To help people understand the relative risk of...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus Friday, one of the highest daily numbers yet, and four additional deaths, raising the state’s pandemic death toll...
Kentucky is likely to see a surge in coronavirus cases driven by young people spreading it in bars, health experts are warning. “I think we’re going to see a surge....
Red indicates more spending on police; blue indicates more on non-hospital health. —– “The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the...
By Adam Cancryn and Dan Diamond Politico Pulse Just more than a month ago, Americans headed into a holiday long weekend feeling hopeful — if not quite confident — that...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing 220 new cases and seven new deaths from the novel coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear again stressed that it is up to Kentuckians...
By David Bauder The Associated Press For a story that has dominated the news during the past four months, a survey out Monday illustrates the difficulty that many Americans have...
Kentucky Health News chart; hospitalizations are not reported on weekends. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With every business in Kentucky reopened this week at some capacity, Gov. Andy...