Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Screenshot of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention interactive map shows counties in ranges of percentages of population fully vaccinated. Kentucky Health News has added figures for a few counties, all rounded to...
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Declaring that the pandemic had reached a threatening plateau...
Beshear spoke at the Cardinal Stadium vaccination site. Behind him, from left, are University of Louisville Health CEO Tom Miller, U of L President Neeli Bendapudi and Mayor Greg Fischer. ...
Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green and Sen. Mitch McConnell have been the Republicans in the state’s federal delegation most actively promoting vaccines. (Photo by Alan Warren, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer) —- By...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus...
This is National Public Health Week, and if Kentucky Health News is dedicated to anything, it’s public health, so it’s a natural time to ask our readers to support our...
State table shows how supply of vaccines has exceeded demand for vaccinations recently. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Almost every coronavirus-related question at Gov. Andy Beshear’s news briefing...
False-color electron micrograph of a B.1.1.7 variant, the increased transmissibility of which is believed to be due to the structure of its spike proteins, shown in green. —– By Paulo Verardi...
State Department for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Measures of the pandemic held steady in Kentucky on...
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Some key measures of the pandemic in Kentucky continued to fall Tuesday, but it remains to be seen how much that has to do...