COVID-19

The Department of Corrections made at least $3.2 million last year off of incarcerated people’s phone calls, financial records obtained by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting have revealed.

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

The Delta variant has hospitalized many younger people in rural areas of some other states, including Missouri.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who had polio as a child, urged Kentuckians to take the COVID-19 vaccine — a protection that wasn't offered against the pandemic of his childhood until decades later.

Making what they called the best argument for vaccination against the coronavirus, state officials said Thursday that only 0.08% of recent virus cases in Kentucky were among people who hadn't received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

In addition to killing 600,000 individuals in the United States and afflicting an estimated 3.4 million or more with persistent symptoms, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the health of vulnerable people devastated by the loss of jobs, homes and opportunities for the future.

It is especially significant considering that as of 2018, Kentucky had the third-highest rate in the nation of children who have experienced the incarceration of a parent.

To many people, the idea of no longer to wearing masks or physically distancing is hard to reconcile with so many long months of taking precautions and sacrificing our social lives for fear of COVID-19.

The UK study is led by Dr. George J. Fuchs III, chief of pediatric gastroenterology and vice chair of pediatric clinical affairs at Kentucky Children’s Hospital.

The first 25 people who get their vaccine at the church on Wednesday will be treated to a catered lunch.

It’s time to shift the conversation from “the government is telling us what to do” to “how do we solve this problem together,” says a rural health leader.

The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday over the legislature’s attempt to limit Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency powers, a day before the governor scheduled coronavirus restrictions are set to expire.