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Experts Say Keep Virus Fears in Perspective
Thursday, November 26, 2020 4:22 PM
Cleaning wipes are harder to find on store shelves, and businesses are reassuring customers with stepped up sanitation measures. In New York, the subway system is shut down nightly for disinfecting. To avoid any traces of the coronavirus that might be lurking on surfaces, Americans have been wiping down groceries, wearing surgical gloves when they go out and leaving mail packages out for an ...
Health Depts. Confirm More COVID Cases, 1 Death
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 1:06 AM
Health Departments have updated their COVID-19 case numbers to include the weekend. The Southern Seven Health Department said they are aware of 202 new cases and one new death since Friday. The death was a man in his 40s from Johnson County. The new cases include 50 in Union County, 22 in Johnson County, 8 in Pope County, 14 in Hardin County, 9 in Alexander County, 27 in Pulaski County, ...
Graves Health Dept. Requires Masks in Any Business
Monday, November 23, 2020 3:07 PM
The Graves County Health Department has declared that masks are required at any public business until further notice. The notice says that any employee or customer at any public business must be wearing a mask.  The document cites previous emergency declarations from President Trump to Governor Beshear to the local mayor and county judge-executive. Since cases have increased across ...
AstraZeneca: COVID-19 Vaccine 'Highly Effective'
Monday, November 23, 2020 8:23 AM
AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health officials hope they may soon have access to a vaccine that is cheaper and easier to distribute than some of its rivals. The results are based on interim analysis of trials in the U.K. and Brazil of a vaccine developed by Oxford University and manufactured by AstraZeneca. No ...
Kentucky Has Worst Week Ever for New Virus Cases
Sunday, November 22, 2020 10:06 PM
Kentucky has experienced its worst week ever for new coronavirus cases. Governor Andy Beshear announced 2,194 new cases on Sunday, the highest ever for a Sunday. The second highest Sunday was Oct. 25, when 1,462 new cases were reported.  In addition, this was Kentucky's highest week ever for new COVID-19 cases, surpassing the previous record week by 3,766 cases. Those reported lost ...
Free COVID Testing Scheduled in Purchase District
Sunday, November 22, 2020 4:08 PM
The Purchase District Health Department has arranged for more free COVID-19 testing in their 5-county area over the next four weeks.  Testing in Paducah will be offered up until Thanksgiving will be offered in Paducah. Testing on Nov. 30 through Dec. 4 will be in Hickman, Fulton, and McCracken Counties. In the week of Dec. 7-10, testing will be available in Ballard and Carlisle ...
Dr. Mejia Joins MCCH Interventional Cardiology
Saturday, November 14, 2020 9:30 AM
Murray-Calloway County Hospital welcomes Karomibal Mejia, MD, Interventional Cardiologist who is focused on carotid, coronary and vascular disease. Dr. Mejia completed his medical degree at Universidad Autonoma De Santo Domingo, in the  Dominican Republic and completed his residency at Bronx Lebanon & Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY, in Internal Medicine. He continued ...

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