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  This weekend, governor says, focus on three things to stay safe: your hands, your face and your space; he also urges more testing

  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...

  By Al Cross Published May 22, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  20 deaths, most in one day; new-case trendline nearly flat; as three big reopenings loom, Beshear warns, ‘Let’s not screw it up’

  Guidelines for gatherings of 10 or fewer, which will be allowed starting Friday; click it to enlarge —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may...

  By Al Cross Published May 20, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  State health commissioner says he’s worried that too many Kentuckians think the coronavirus doesn’t pose a danger to them

  By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Dr. Steven Stack, the state commissioner of public health, said in an interview recorded Friday and broadcast Monday night that he fears Kentuckians aren’t...

  By Al Cross Published May 19, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Beshear promotes contact tracing to find people with virus, 1/4 of whom may have no symptoms, and need for testing signups

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear spent much of his coronavirus update Monday talking about the importance of testing for the virus and tracing the contacts of...

  By Al Cross Published May 19, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Testing, contact tracing are planned to thwart spread of virus as economy opens; Beshear says public needs to ‘buy in,’ get tested

  University of Illinois at Chicago graphic illustrates the spread of disease and the trails followed by contact tracing. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky begins to reopen its...

  By Al Cross Published May 18, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Trendline for new cases of the coronavirus remains up, but Beshear says cases at two Louisville facilities skew the numbers

  Kentucky Health News chart shows trendline of new cases since May 3 (where there were 173) is up. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As Kentucky prepares to allow...

  By Al Cross Published May 18, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Tourist-related activities will open June 1; one state-by-state analysis says Kentucky is among states near ready to reopen

  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 Gov....

  By Al Cross Published May 15, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  County Health Rankings continue to show largest shifts in the middle rankings, familiar names at the top and bottom

  The chart next to the map shows the spread of health outcomes scores (ranks) for each county (green circles) in Kentucky. It shows the size of the gap between ranked...

  By Al Cross Published May 15, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Beshear says groups of 10 or fewer can start gathering the Friday before Memorial Day, and travel ban will expire same day

  Residents celebrated recovery from covid-19 at the Jackson Manor nursing home in Annville, which reports that 32 have recovered after a major outbreak that killed 16. (Image from WYMT-TV, Hazard) —–...

  By Al Cross Published May 15, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Beshear says Bowling Green hotspot may be a glimpse of the future; says crisis offers chance to overcome political divisions

  Gov. Andy Beshear displayed this chart to show young people are susceptible to the coronavirus. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be...

  By Al Cross Published May 14, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH