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A large majority of cases have been in unvaccinated Kentuckians. Kentucky has confirmed 26 cases of the delta variant of COVID-19, which is spreading quickly throughout the United States, Gov. Andy Beshear said. The states public health department has not yet determined what percentage of new cases are the delta variant. “Unvaccinated people who won’t get the vaccine and aren’t wearing masks at this point ought to assume in their risk calculation that they are going to get COVID ...

LEX 18 to Kentucky health commissioner: How concerned should we be about the Delta COVID-19 variant? Dr. Steven Stack has an in-depth conversation about the Delta variant with LEX 18s Christiana Ford. Posted at 5:17 PM, Jul 02, 2021 and last updated 2021-07-02 19:29:57-04 (LEX 18) — The highly contagious and transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading widely across the country, but the states top doctor says Kentuckians have no need to be afraid. Just as people returned to their ...

HIV SOS, Miss Mississippi, ice cream festival: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports © John Raby/AP Activists, forming the phrase “HIV SOS” are calling on the city of Charleston, W.Va., to declare a public health emergency for new HIV cases and prescription drug overdoses. Alabama Tuscaloosa: Officials in west Alabama’s largest city said they expect to spend          $1.5 million to $4 million repairing damage to water and sewer pip...

FRANKFORT, Ky (AP) — Almost all coronavirus cases reported in Kentucky during the last four weeks have been in unvaccinated residents, the state’s public health commissioner, Dr. Steven Stack, announced

Kentucky’s top health official reports that nearly all newly diagnosed cases of COVID-19 in the state are in unvaccinated individuals. Public Health

Ky. health chief recounts emotional toll of fighting COVID Sign In JACK BRAMMER, Lexington-Herald Leader FacebookTwitterEmail Dr. Steven Stack, Kentucky Department of Public Health commissioner, speaks during an interview in his office in Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Stack studied the horrific projections for the cornavirus pandemic. He had been Kentucky’s public health commissioner for about a month in March 2020, and he knew “the sheer enormity” of the task at hand. (Ryan...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Almost all coronavirus cases reported in Kentucky during the past four weeks have been in unvaccinated residents, the state’s public health commissioner, Dr. Steven Stack, announced Thursday. Roughly 99% of those hospitalized were also unvaccinated. “The bottom line is, these vaccines work. They work against every known variant of concern and interest out there right now,” he said at a news briefing. “If you get vaccinated, you’ve essentially got a...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – “While COVID-19 remains a threat, we are no longer in crisis,” Gov. Andy Beshear said during his final pandemic-related press briefing, Friday afternoon in the state

It's 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 Beshear's regular COVID-19 briefings — which started out daily in March 2020 and dwindled down to once a week in recent months. In all, Beshear said he delivered 250 live updates. And...

Beshear has used the news conferences to give updates on the virus, announces mandates and orders to prevent its spread, give data on cases and deaths, and mourn those who succumbed to the virus.