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View Comments As Kentuckians celebrate the end of the mask requirement for fully vaccinated Americans, the commonwealth's universities are taking the change into account as they plan for the fall semester.  The University of Louisville and Western Kentucky University both made ammendments to their mask policies following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Thursday announcement that fully vaccinated people can safely stop wearing masks and maintaining a certain distance from others inside most places. At U of L, fully vaccinated university members now can temporarily rem...

Credit Corinne Boyer / Ohio Valley Resource Roughly a million students attend college around the Ohio Valley, and the student-age population has an especially high rate of coronavirus infection. That’s why some public health advocates say schools should require that students be vaccinated.  However, a review by the Ohio Valley ReSource found that of 400 colleges and universities in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia, only three have indicated that they will mandate COVID-19 vaccinations this fall.   The age group with the highest share of COVID-19 infections is under 30. About a fifth of a...

SHARE LEXINGTON, Ky. — Demand for COVID-19 vaccines is plummeting in Kentucky. Now, two large vaccination sites in Lexington will close soon: Kentucky Horse Park and the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field location. What You Need To Know University of Kentucky's Kroger Field vaccine will soon close, turning the facility back into a football stadium Kentucky Horse Park will administer its last dose on May 8 UK Healthcare will continue vaccinating students and patients at other locations Officials announced they’re planning to close the Kroger Field mass vaccination site and are in the ...

Jewish Student Alleges Fraternity Used Nazi Salute By   A Jewish student at the University of Kentucky reported that his fellow fraternity members used a Nazi salute and continued to do so after he said he was Jewish, according to The Lexington Herald-Leader. The student anonymously disclosed the incident on a popular Instagram account, @jewishoncampus, where Jewish students nationwide share stories of anti-Semitic incidents on their college campuses. The student did not name the fraternity. He wrote that members initially jokingly used a military salute aimed at a fellow fraternity member...

The University of Kentucky is joining many organizations putting a temporary halt on the use of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine.