Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Grayson County (Wikipedia) —– Local health departments, often underfunded, have been critical during the pandemic in may ways, one as an information source for the public, journalists, and state and federal...
The State Police honor guard hung a wreath in the rotunda of the state Capitol Thursday to honor the more than 1,000 covid-19 victims in Kentucky. (Photo from governor’s office) —–...
Kentucky School Boards Association chart; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear took the occasion of the state’s official count...
Covid-19 mortality rates in state and federal prisons as of Aug. 15, compared with state mortality rates and adjusted to match inmates’ sex, age race and ethnicity. Graph is from the...
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for larger version, click on it. Counties are sorted by cases in last three weeks, from highest to lowest. Places with fewer than 10...
Kentucky’s positive coronavirus test rate drops below 4% for first time in eight weeks; Beshear says that puts state in a safer place —– By Mary Meehan Kentucky Health News...
State Department for Public Health map, labeled by Ky. Health News; for larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported no additional deaths from covid-19...
Dr. Steven Stack and Gov. Andy Beshear at a press conference a few months ago —– Mask wearing became much more common in Kentucky after Gov. Andy Beshear made it...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As Kentucky marked six months of the covid-19 pandemic, it set a new record for weekly cases of the novel coronavirus. “The first positive case...
Dr. Steven Stack, commissioner of the state Department for Public Health, has become a familiar face to many Kentuckians during the covid-19 pandemic, but he has offered the public little information...