COVID-19

The legal action comes a day before the state school board is expected to issue its own mask mandate.

The clinic is open community members. Wild Health will administer the Pfizer vaccine approved for people 12 and older.

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

President Joe Biden, who must issue a waiver for the Department of Defense to mandate vaccines without full approval from the Food and Drug Administration, said on Monday he backs Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s plan to require all U.S. military members to get the vaccine.

Local officials reinstated mask requirements after a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Appointments are now available on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Anxiety among children is extremely common and has been particularly prevalent over the course of the pandemic.

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman declined their invitations to Fancy Farm this year because the coronavirus delta variant is surging across the state and nation.

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.

District officials cited local increases in COVID-19 cases.

A spokesman for Jennie Stuart Health said the local hospital does not have a policy requiring its health care workers to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

During the pandemic, the number of people who have dropped out of the labor force increased across the state and nation.