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A federal judge in Kentucky has temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors.
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The portraits are an expression of the community's care for families who lost loved ones to the virus, said one of the painters who helped organize the project for the Hopkinsville Art Guild.
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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.
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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.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear reported more than 3,000 new COVID cases over the weekend and more than 19,000 new vaccinations.
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A bipartisan group of Kentucky lawmakers have prefiled a bill that would extend temporary disability benefits from occupational exposure to COVID-19 through January 2023 for the upcoming legislative session.
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Vanderbilt has received funding to study how hospitals snatched up and burned through personal protective equipment early in the pandemic. At the time, public health officials thought some hospitals were hoarding supplies, but they didn’t know who.
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Baptist Health announced its vaccination mandate in early August. Last week, they reported 99.6% compliance, with only 10 people leaving the company as a result of the mandate.
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The Poores escaped the worst of the early pandemic. Melanie still had work, and when she left, she was cushioned from free-fall - stimulus checks, unemployment, and the eviction moratorium kept the family stable. But gradually, these protections were revoked.
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Districts are going without bus monitors, combining routes and sometimes cutting routes altogether, leaving families to drive themselves.