Health

As the virus changes — the density of the delta virus in the air is greater than the original strain — experts have adjusted their advice regarding masks.

The deceased was a 34-year-old woman who had no underlying health conditions. She had not received a COVID-19 vaccination.

All of the deceased were unvaccinated, and three of them had underlying health condition, health officials said.

Tennessee hospitals are setting new records each day, caring for more covid patients than ever. The most critical patients are almost all unvaccinated, meaning ICUs are filled with regretful patients hoping for a second chance.

The largest randomized controlled study of masks, led by researchers from Stanford and Yale universities, is the latest that clearly supports the value of wearing surgical masks for reducing infection.

Baptist Health Corbin's workers are "completely overrun, overwhelmed, and overworked," Mayor Suzie Razmus said in a video message to the community.

Both Hopkinsville and Christian County residents who meet the vaccine requirements by the end of October will be entered to win one of 10 drawings for $1,000. 

Testing will be done Monday through Thursday in the department's parking lot.

Pediatricians from across the Ohio Valley say this new wave of COVID-19 is sickening children with severe symptoms that require hospitalizations, as school districts continue to try to maintain in-person learning without closures.

The proposed municipal order aims to pay $100 each to as many as 1,000 city residents who become fully vaccinated between Sept. 13 and Oct. 31.

Beshear wants legislators to give him the authority to order masking at some level of infection, and has said he expects that to be the most contentious issue of a special session that beings Tuesday morning.

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.