COVID-19 vaccine

According to data from the Kentucky Department for Public Health, there’s been a sharp rise in infections during August, with over 4,000 positive COVID-19 tests recorded across the state during August.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has won another preliminary ruling striking down a federal vaccine mandate.

A federal judge in Kentucky has temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

Baptist Health Paducah, Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital, Jackson Purchase Medical Center and Murray-Calloway County Hospital are all aiming to fully comply with a federal vaccine mandate put in place by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid in early November. The mandate calls for all hospital employees at facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use against COVID-19 in children ages 5 to 11 in late October, 211 children (or about 8% of the county’s population in that age range) in Calloway County have received their first dose.

Kentucky students continue to readjust to in-person classes after the virtual learning and changing schedules of the COVID-19 pandemic. Owensboro Public...

The Kentucky National Guard is following a Department of Defense mandate that says all service members must be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Governor Andy Beshear says 15,000 Ky. kids 5 to 11 were vaccinated in the first week they could get the COVID-19 shot.

At least one health department in western Kentucky is already giving shots to newly eligible children, with other departments making plans to do so in the coming week.

Governor Andy Beshear says a growing number of vaccinated Kentuckians are contracting COVID-19, highlighting the importance of getting a booster dose....