Kentucky Health News chart; hospitalizations are not reported on weekends. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With every b...
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McConnell: 'We cannot go back to April, and we cannot go right back to normal,' so wear a mask (no stigma!) to protect others-HEALTHYLIVE
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered these remarks on the Senate floor today. “Each time I’ve returned home over the last sever...
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Six months in, here are 3 takes on the pandemic from those who cover the politics of health: optimistic, realistic and pessimistic-HEALTHYLIVE
By Dan Diamond and Adan Cancryn Politico Pulse It’s been nearly six months since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first an...
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Coronavirus update: Hospitals will get drug than can shorten covid-19 stays by a third; Kentucky's positive-test rate is stable-HEALTHYLIVE
The federal government has secured half a million treatment courses of the experimental covid-19 drug remdesivir, and hospitals will pay no ...
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Hospitals say they need more federal money to offset pandemic losses; trying public-service spot to get people to come in for care-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Hospital Association and Kentucky Medical Association public-service announcement By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The...
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Sunday cases low, as usual; 7-day average still high; 30-year-old dies; those in 20s are plurality of Ky. cases; media influence seen-HEALTHYLIVE
State map of all cases, labeled by Kentucky Health News; click on it for a larger version. Kentucky officials reported 97 new coro...
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Pastor says the pandemic is like driving: Distancing and masking are analogous to wearing a seat belt and watching your speed-HEALTHYLIVE
Paul Prather Paul Prather of Mount Sterling, a Pentecostal minister and former Lexington Herald-Leader religion reporter who sti...
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Covid-19 update: Long-term-care visits will come with restrictions-HEALTHYLIVE
Video from Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander runs 5 minutes and 35 seconds. If you plan to visit a long-term-care fac...
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New cases drive up Ky. seven-day average for fifth straight day; Republican senators want Trump to get in the fight, wear a mask-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News chart shows daily cases for last two weeks and 7-day average for each day. By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick ...
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Dust from Sahara could pose a health threat through weekend-HEALTHYLIVE
Video from CNN shows forecast for Saharan dust cloud through Sunday evening. Dust from the Sahara Desert has made sunsets west of Louis...
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New focus on obesity makes Ky. kids' health ranking plummet in annual report; 38% of them are either overweight or obese-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The 31st annual Kids Count Data Book on children's well being, released June 22 by the Annie ...
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Anthem and Passport appeal Beshear administration's decision kicking them out of state's Medicaid business as of Jan. 1-HEALTHYLIVE
By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Passport Health Plan and Anthem Kentucky , twice denied by different governors the chance to keep...
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Covid-19 update: State tells Kentuckians who have been to Myrtle Beach to self-quarantine, notes rises in cases in other states too-HEALTHYLIVE
The state Department for Public Health issued an advisory Thursday afternoon to Kentuckians who had traveled in the last two weeks to Myrt...
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Health departments getting temporary workers to trace contacts of people who have the coronavirus; start of school will be big test-HEALTHYLIVE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chart, via CFCF By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News As restaurants have reopene...
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'Healthy at School' guidance requires social distancing, mask and daily temperature checks, along with great flexibility in scheduling-HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky schools work toward reopening amid the covid-19 pandemic, new guidance from the state...
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7-day case average rises above 200 again, but hospitalizations are down; Beshear says it's manageable with masks, distancing-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News chart shows daily new-case numbers and seven-day rolling average for this month. By Melissa Patrick Kentuck...
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Beshear, McConnell release list of 54 Ky. hospitals getting $383 million, 3/4 of it federal, settling their suit over state Medicaid rates-HEALTHYLIVE
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital got the largest single check. Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel...
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