Julia Hunter

The modified quarantine strategy is gaining momentum with school districts across the country, despite the lack of an endorsement by federal health officials. Nevertheless, early studies appear promising — when protocols are implemented alongside other COVID-19 precautions like masking.

The event will feature a farm-to-table dinner, a short relay race, an arts and crafts fair, live musical performances and children's activities.

On Friday, there wasn't a single intensive care bed available in Christian County or within its 11-county region. In the majority of other areas, more than 95% of ICU beds were occupied.

The distillery will close temporarily following the positive COVID-19 test of an employee.

As health care workers grapple with the pandemic’s most recent wave, a few things are clear: patients hospitalized with COVID are getting sick quicker, are younger than before and are mostly unvaccinated.

Christian County Public Schools had previously announced a plan to require masks in schools, following a school board vote on Thursday.

After experiencing devastating infections and deaths during earlier waves of the pandemic, a local nursing home is using what it learned to minimize the risk of a surge in COVID-19 cases — especially as a surge in the delta variant suggests long-term care facilities may not have seen the last of the virus.

As local health officials shift away from offering clinics, the health department will try alternative outreach efforts.

It was one of 26 identified by the state as of Thursday.

The bill now heads to the House of Representatives, where it is expected to be approved, and then to President Joe Biden's desk for signature.

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be administered on May 24 at the county's two high schools.

Wilkinson is the first Black woman to be appointed as the state’s poet laureate.