Gov. Andy Beshear displayed this slide listing vaccination sites with the most open appointments. To enlarge, click on it. By Mel...
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Vaccinations coming to Kentucky state prisons next week, after an increasing number of questions about why it took so longHealthy Care
By Bruce Maples and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the state's coronavirus vaccination program has gradually expanded, so have quest...
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An invitation to re-imagine the North West Arts and Health NetworkHealthy Research
So, the last blog I posted - and what effort it took - was taken down by google for violating their terms and conditions! It's the first...
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Contrary to the national trend, pandemic numbers in Kentucky stay on a rough plateau or decline slightlyHealthy Care
By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News As the rest of the country is seeing increasing numbers of new coronavirus cases, Kentucky continues...
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Nurses shouldn't have to choose between integrity and compliance, one writes, calling for a standard national work systemHealthy Care
The writer is a licensed practical nurse in Central City. She wrote this for The Leader-News . By Dara Bratcher Integrity is one of the m...
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Kentucky has a higher vaccination rate than adjoining states, but its positive-test and new-case averages have hit plateausHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily reports of cases By Bruce Maples and Al Cross Kentucky Health New...
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People gave up on influenza pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of prevention – and many of them paid a priceHealthy Care
Armistice Day celebrations of the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 1918, worried public-health experts as people crowded together in ci...
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Pike, Woodford, Perry, Fayette and Floyd counties have highest rates of full vaccination, Wash. Post reports, based on CDC dataHealthy Care
Screenshot of Washington Post interactive map; click it to enlarge. Click here for interactive version . By Al Cross Kentucky H...
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State records 11th consecutive week of fewer new cases, but its positive-test and new-case averages go up a little Sunday Healthy Care
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Two key measures of the pandemic took a turn upward Sunday, even as Gov. Andy Beshear pointed out that the...
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Ky. missed over 700 Covid-19 deaths because one state worker stopped double-checking reports in an antiquated systemHealthy Care
Kentucky missed more than 700 Covid-19 deaths from October to January for the same reason Ohio missed 4,000: One state employee stopped reco...
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New-case and positive-test averages stable as national numbers riseHealthy Care
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted case numbers announced daily By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As natio...
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Special open enrollment period for government-subsidized health insurance extended to Aug. 15; new rules expand who qualifies Healthy Care
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The special open enrollment period for people to buy government-subsidized health insurance on t...
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Positive-test rate falls to 2.8%, about half of what it was 4 weeks ago; other pandemic metrics decline; death toll surpasses 6,000Healthy Care
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Every measure of the pandemic in Kentucky...
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