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HUNTINGTON — Two Cabell County residents were among the recent deaths related to COVID-19.

While Kentucky-run health facilities and other state buildings now have universal mask requirements, Beshear has not yet decided to take the next step and make it mandatory in other public settings. He’s also not contemplating a vaccine-or-required-test mandate for state employees, a step other states and the U.S. government have implemented recently. Still, Beshear has called on some organizations, including school districts, to implement mask mandates as the U.S. Centers for Disease Cont...

By BRUCE SCHREINER and PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN Associated Press Aug 3, 2021 4 hrs ago FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s vaccination rate against COVID-19 has taken a sudden upward turn as people seek to protect themselves from the highly contagious delta variant that has caused the most coronavirus cases in months, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. The delta variant is “spreading like wildfire” and puts the unvaccinated at significant risk, the governor warned, addi...

The state, with 1,964 overdose deaths, follows a national trend. The U.S. saw more than 93,000 overdose deaths in 2020, the highest number ever recorded in a 12-month period. According to resident cases autopsied by the Kentucky Office of the Medical Examiner and toxicology reports submitted by Kentucky coroners, the increase in the death toll was driven mostly by a rise in opioid abuse, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, which were found in 1,393 cases, accounting for approximately 71% of all ov...

By CARLA SLAVEY Commonwealth Journal Aug 2, 2021 13 hrs ago The delta variant of COVID-19 is getting more and more attention from health officials, both on a local and a state level. On Monday, the Lake Cumberland District Health Department announced it would be conducting a community update via YouTube at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The live update will be shown on the district’s YouTube channel, LCDHD Public Health. Meanwhile, state officials announced Monday changes for employees of a...

1 of 10 Eric Friedlander, secretary of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, listens to the Stronger Together Celebration at King’s Daughters Medical Center on Wednesday. The event detailed the partnership between Kings Daughters Medical Center and UK Healthcare announced in January. Friedlander had the original idea for the partnership. MATT JONES | THE DAILY INDEPENDENT Kristie Whitlatch. PRESIDENT & CEO of Kings Daughters Medical Center, speaks at ...

OaM Player Ratings: Orlando City The gang is generous after a watershed victory in Central Florida Share this story CARLOS CORONEL - 8.4 Lenz Ong: Anytime the goalkeeper stops a penalty in a winning effort is an immediate good game in my book, but also made a couple great saves on top of that. The big Brazilian has had a fair bit of criticism levied his way for some questionable decisions in the early going (myself included) but has now practically earned the team 4 points on the road with som...

Child care providers receive a necessary lifeline in the form of millions of federal dollars.

In last briefing, as mandates are lifted, Gov. Beshear says, ‘We are no longer in crisis’ © Provided by WLKY Louisville beshear and virginia Its a big day in Kentucky. The major mandates that have been in place for more than a year, face masks in public places and limits on capacity, are being lifted Friday. Sign up for our Newsletters And as the mandates disappear, so will Gov. Andy Beshears regular COVID-19 briefings — which started out daily in March 2020 and dwindled down to once a...

In last briefing, as mandates are lifted, Kentucky Gov. Beshear says, ‘We are no longer in crisis’ © Provided by WLKY Louisville beshear and virginia Its a big day in Kentucky. The major mandates that have been in place for more than a year, requiring face masks in public places and putting limits on capacity, are being lifted Friday.Sign up for our Newsletters And as the mandates disappear, so will Gov. Andy Beshears regular COVID-19 briefings — which started out daily in March 2020 a...