COVID-19

The new CDC system ranks the risk to each county as high, medium or low, based on new coronavirus infections, new COVID-19 hospital admissions, and the share of staffed hospital beds occupied by patients with the disease.

“People need to know that if they have had COVID-19 and are struggling mentally, they’re not alone, and they should seek help immediately and without shame,” the study's lead author said.

The bill includes four key measures to address the shortage: licensing reciprocity between other states and countries, higher enrollment caps, looser nursing-instructor qualifications and restructuring the state Board of Nursing.

Brumfield, a health department employee since 2014, had served as interim director for seven months.

Groups interested in hosting a vaccine clinic should apply to the Kentucky Association of Health Plans by March 13.

The bill conflicts with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order that required students and drivers to wear masks on buses, regardless of their vaccination status.

State medical boards have an obligation to investigate complaints about doctors, including those who may spread false information about medical care. But in Florida, Tennessee, and other states, lawmakers are moving to protect physicians using unproven COVID treatments or spreading misinformation.

History holds lessons for why low vaccination rates for children are so risky and why officials should strongly consider school mandates for the COVID vaccine.

Pandemic living has come with a barrage of daily choices that have many of us complaining of a sort of brain freeze. That exhaustion is real, and it’s got a name: “decision fatigue.”

Kentucky ranks 38th in the nation for 5-11 year-olds who have received at least one dose of the vaccine.

Data from the world of sports — where resources and COVID-19 testing methods abound — offers a glimpse into how variable the period of coronavirus infectiousness might be.

The CDC reached out to pharmacists Wednesday to reinforce the message that people with moderate to severe immune suppression are eligible for fourth COVID shots. The action came in the wake of a Kaiser Health News story about pharmacists refusing to give fourth shots to patients with significant immune suppression.