vaccinations

Tennessee’s measles vaccination rate is much lower than it needs to be for community protection

A House bill unanimously passed out of a committee yesterday (Thursday) will enable Kentucky pharmacies to continue vaccinating children ages 5-17 with parental or guardian consent.

Several western Kentucky counties are experiencing climbing COVID-19 case rates as the holiday season approaches.

Fewer than 300 Kentuckians were hospitalized with COVID-19 at the beginning of June. That jumped to 483 this week.

Western Kentucky health department leaders are encouraging older Kentuckians and those with medical conditions creating weaker immune systems to receive a second COVID-19 booster vaccine following federal officials in late March authorizing the extra booster.

McCracken County Schools’ board voted to end its mask mandate Wednesday evening during a called meeting to discuss the district’s COVID Continuation Plan. This decision to remove a universal masking policy comes just three days after enacting it. This policy change takes effect Thursday.

A new poll shows a drop in the number of unvaccinated Kentuckians who say they’re unwilling to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Paducah hospital leaders and frontline doctors treating COVID-19 patients are sounding the alarm for residents to get vaccinated and wear masks as the delta variant of the virus continues to spread across the state.

The state’s six nonprofit science museums have jointly decided to promote vaccines this August during National Immunization Awareness Month. The Science Alliance of Tennessee's initiative is intentionally broader than COVID to sidestep the politics of the pandemic.

Just a handful of patients who tested positive for COVID at Vanderbilt University Medical Center this year were fully vaccinated.The hospital system found…