Kentucky compares favorably to its major bordering states in the first public estimates of the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S. health-care system and the number of deaths expected from the covid-19 disease caused by the virus. However, some estimates for Kentucky have wider possible ranges than for the other states, illustrating the shortage…… more »
Washington — For more than 15 years, “Project BioShield” has guided the federal government’s plan for threats and global health crises like COVID-19, amassing vaccines and other critical supplies in the Strategic National Stockpile. The priorities paved the way for hundreds of millions of dollars in new smallpox vaccines and anthrax antibiotics, but as coronavirus…… more »
To combat the spread of the coronavirus, officials in Kentucky and around the world have stressed the importance of “social distancing.” But how good of a job is the Bluegrass State and each of its 120 counties doing in listening to health officials? A new “Social Distancing Scoreboard” from Unacast, a “human mobility data” firm,…… more »
Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a $2 trillion “Phase III” emergency aid package to help America recover from the coronavirus lockdown. Previous phases provided funds for testing and paid family leave. Not one U.S. Senator voted against the legislation: 96-0. Twice during the first hour of Senate debate, two “final” versions were distributed.…… more »
Democrats are publicly talking about “contingency options” for their July convention in Milwaukee in case the coronavirus persists in being a public-health threat. But privately, some are also talking about needing a Plan B if Joe Biden, their nominee apparent, continues to flounder. Some Democrats are openly talking up New York governor Andrew Cuomo, whose…… more »
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. – Counties bordering Kentucky are beginning to get a “whole lot” of cases of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, said Christian County Emergency Management Director Randy Graham. Speaking during Tuesday’s Christian Fiscal Court meeting, he said the virus is migrating up from Tennessee into Kentucky, which now has more than 160 confirmed cases of…… more »
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick is facing a backlash after saying he’d be willing to die to restart the American economy amid the coronavirus pandemic — and he thinks other grandparents would, as well. Patrick said on Fox News Monday night that he’s spoken to “hundreds of people” who felt similarly — “that we can’t…… more »
Top U.S. health officials are “looking very closely” at reports that a much higher percentage of younger Americans than expected need hospitalization as a result of contracting the coronavirus, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday. Fauci was responding to new data from the Centers for Disease…… more »
Clinics that provide abortion services in Ohio will continue to provide the procedure, despite an order from the state’s Attorney General’s office ordering them to stop. In Ohio — a state that has been on the forefront of abortion restrictions and regulations — a debate has emerged over whether the procedure is “essential” and allowed…… more »
Diarrhea and other digestive symptoms are the main complaint in nearly half of coronavirus patients, Chinese researchers report. Most patients with the coronavirus have respiratory symptoms, but these findings from the early stages of the outbreak show that digestive problems are prevalent in many patients with COVID-19. “Clinicians must bear in mind that digestive symptoms,…… more »
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