Sep 3 Coronavirus More Ohio Valley Children Are Becoming Severely Sick With COVID-19. Pediatricians Are Worried About What Lies Ahead For nearly a year and a half, Kaja Lowe didn’t feel comfortable letting her kids out into the world. She took all the precautions. Early on in the pandemic, she would get groceries delivered to her car before spraying them down with disinfectant. Later, she made sure her family wore masks and sanitized their hands […] By Liam Niemeyer Sep 3 Coronavirus More Ohio Valley Children Are Becoming Severely Sick With COVID-19. Pediatricians Are Worried About What Lies Ahead Liam Niemeyer
Aug 30 Coronavirus Kentucky Has Another Record-Breaking Week Of COVID-19 Cases At a Monday briefing, Governor Beshear reported Kentucky had more cases of the virus last week than any other point of the pandemic. Beshear said hospitals are suffering. “Some COVID patients that are sick are being treated in their cars when there isn’t room for them inside the ER or in the hospital,” he said. […] By Corinne Boyer Aug 30 Coronavirus Kentucky Has Another Record-Breaking Week Of COVID-19 Cases Corinne Boyer
Aug 20 Coronavirus As COVID-19 Rapidly Spreads, Ohio Valley Health Departments Continue Working With The National Guard To Vaccinate People At Home On an overcast day in Louisville, two men dressed in scrubs get in a truck and leave the Jefferson County Health Department. A few minutes later, they arrive at an apartment complex. “We’re going to be in and out today,” Capt. Michael Hart with the Kentucky National Guard said as he stood in the apartment’s […] By Corinne Boyer Aug 20 Coronavirus As COVID-19 Rapidly Spreads, Ohio Valley Health Departments Continue Working With The National Guard To Vaccinate People At Home Corinne Boyer
Aug 17 Coronavirus Kentucky ICU Hospitalizations Expected To Reach Highest Point During The COVID-19 Pandemic This Week Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said ICU capacity is expected to reach its highest levels since the pandemic began later this week. On Tuesday, Beshear again warned that unvaccinated patients make up the majority of hospitalizations. “Folks, when the ICU fills up because of COVID — primarily with unvaccinated individuals — that means there is not […] By Corinne Boyer Aug 17 Coronavirus Kentucky ICU Hospitalizations Expected To Reach Highest Point During The COVID-19 Pandemic This Week Corinne Boyer
Jul 2 Coronavirus Nearly Half A Million In Ohio Valley Lose Jobless Benefits An analysis by the Ohio Valley ReSource showed that roughly 488,000 people in Ohio and West Virginia have lost supplemental unemployment payments after Republican governors there scrapped the federal unemployment benefit programs put in place during the pandemic. Another 65,000 people in Kentucky eligible for the payments await a decision by the Democratic governor there […] By Suhail Bhat Jul 2 Coronavirus Nearly Half A Million In Ohio Valley Lose Jobless Benefits Suhail Bhat
Jun 18 Coronavirus Million-Dollar Question: Will Lotteries Boost Ohio Valley’s Lagging COVID Vaccination Rates? When the COVID-19 vaccine first became available, some states struggled to meet demand, including West Virginia. States administered nearly every dose in weekly shipments. But soon after eligibility expanded to everyone over 16, supplies started stacking up as vaccination rates declined. Governors across the Ohio Valley pleaded with residents to get vaccinated during weekly press […] By Corinne Boyer Jun 18 Coronavirus Million-Dollar Question: Will Lotteries Boost Ohio Valley’s Lagging COVID Vaccination Rates? Corinne Boyer
Jun 11 Coronavirus Beshear Lifts COVID Restrictions In Kentucky’s Final Regular Coronavirus Briefing Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear held his last regular COVID-19 briefing Friday as he signed an executive order ending COVID-19 restrictions. Beshear held what would be the first of 250 COVID-19 briefings in March, 2020, just as the threat of the pandemic was beginning. Fifteen months and more than 461,000 coronavirus cases later, on Friday, Beshear […] By Corinne Boyer Jun 11 Coronavirus Beshear Lifts COVID Restrictions In Kentucky’s Final Regular Coronavirus Briefing Corinne Boyer
Jun 1 Coronavirus Beshear Reports Additional COVID-19 Deaths Found In Kentucky Audit Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday that more coronavirus deaths were found in the commonwealth’s audit of fatalities during the pandemic. Beshear said an additional 260 people died due to COVID-19 between March and October of 2020 than earlier records indicated. “That’s 220 days. So it’s going back in the midst of this pandemic and […] By Corinne Boyer Jun 1 Coronavirus Beshear Reports Additional COVID-19 Deaths Found In Kentucky Audit Corinne Boyer
May 21 Coronavirus New Data Shows Ohio Valley’s Black Residents Lag In COVID Vaccination Rates Black and Hispanic Americans in the Ohio Valley are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at a lower rate than are white Americans, according to data obtained by Kaiser Health News, which offers a more detailed view of vaccination progress among different groups. The data shows that vaccination rates vary across races and ethnicities in the Ohio […] By Suhail Bhat May 21 Coronavirus New Data Shows Ohio Valley’s Black Residents Lag In COVID Vaccination Rates Suhail Bhat