COVID-19

The Kentucky GOP wants to dig into pandemic-era correspondence received or sent by Beshear and key administration members, looking for any opportunities to inflict damage on education and pandemic management issues that Beshear has championed as governor.

Over 80% of respondents to the statewide poll said it is “not too likely” or “not likely at all” that the COVID-19 virus would keep them from holiday gatherings.

Dr. Suman Shekar specializes in pediatrics and internal medicine at Med Center Health’s primary care facility in Bowling Green. She said she won’t be surprised if southern Kentucky soon sees a big increase in the number of admitted patients suffering from those illnesses.

This week, data from the CDC show all but 17 Kentucky counties in the green, or the lowest level of spread. Only one — Letcher County in eastern Kentucky — was in the red, or highest level.

The leader of a health advocacy group says he’s concerned that most Kentuckians are behaving as if the pandemic has come to an end. The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky recently surveyed more than 800 residents to gauge their attitudes toward COVID-19.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has vetoed a resolution ending the COVID-19 state of emergency he issued in March 2020.The measure would end the declaration a month before it’s scheduled to expire.While the resolution received unanimous support among Republicans in the House and Senate, Governor Beshear called it politics at its worst. He cautioned Kentucky would lose $50 million in federal benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if the emergency ends before it’s set to expire on Apr.15.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says every COVID-19 metric is moving in the right direction, signaling a new phase in the two-year-long pandemic.During a briefing on Monday, Beshear reported just over 9,000 new cases ofthe virus over the past week, as well as 283 deaths.Those numbers represented the 7th straight week of declines.

Kentucky’s chief public health expert says all indicators related COVID-19 are heading in the right direction.During the week ending on Mar. 6 there were 12,010 newly reported cases of the virus and the seven-day positivity rate was just over six percent. Both metrics were lower than in the previous week ending Feb. 27.

Kentucky continues to see a drop in new COVID-19 cases and positivity rates as the omicron variant appears to loosen its hold on the region. At a news…

It’s been three months since the CDC recommended Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11. After high demand initially, vaccinations have slowed…