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CDC’s Ky. risk map is largely green, but 11 counties are still at high risk
The number of Kentucky counties at high risk of Covid-19 was cut in half last week, with only ... Read more
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Latest Covid-19 risk map shows number of Ky. counties at elevated risk dropped 24% in the past week
The weekly pandemic risk map for Kentucky improved again Thursday, as the number of counties at elevated risk ... Read more
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More than 50,000 in Medicare prescription program had a drug overdose last year
At least 50,391 Americans in Medicare Part D, which pays for prescription drugs, had an overdose from prescription opioids, ... Read more
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About 400 people a day still die from Covid in US but deaths are preventable by vaccinations and booster shots
Covid-19 is still the third leading cause of death in America, killing about 400 people a day, largely ... Read more
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Key Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky drop for second week in row
Most metrics that measure the coronavirus in Kentucky dropped last week, for the second week in a row, ... Read more
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Ky. has had 18 monkeypox cases: 10 in Jefferson, 2 in Warren, 1 in Barren, Fayette, Kenton, McCracken, Montgomery counties
While the number of American with monkeypox increases every day, so far only 18 of them have been ... Read more
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Fewer counties at high risk, but Ky. new-case rate remains No. 1 among the states; counties in southeast among nation’s top 10
The pandemic slacked a bit in Kentucky in the last week, but the Bluegrass State still has the ... Read more
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Kentucky continues have the nation’s highest rate of new Covid-19 cases, even though case numbers dropped 7.9% last week
New coronavirus cases in Kentucky have gone up and down over the last few weeks in what could ... Read more
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Judge on state Court of Appeals issues temporary order making almost all abortions in Kentucky illegal again
A judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals has issued an order that, in effect, at least temporarily ... Read more
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CDC says 61 Kentucky counties are at high risk of Covid-19 and 45 are at medium risk; Beshear says ‘be wary’ of coronavirus
By Melissa Patrick All but 14 of Kentucky’s 120 counties have an elevated risk of coronavirus on the ... Read more