May 6 Health Will Kentucky Be Able To Test Enough People To Reopen Safely? Kentucky needs to almost double its testing over the next month in order to reach the goal of testing 2% of the population. By Ryan Van Velzer May 6 Health Will Kentucky Be Able To Test Enough People To Reopen Safely? Ryan Van Velzer
May 5 Health Kentucky Coronavirus Cases Jump By 625 Amid Outbreak In Prison Almost 400 people have tested positive for COVID-19 at Green River Correctional Complex, a state prison in Central City. By Ryland Barton May 5 Health Kentucky Coronavirus Cases Jump By 625 Amid Outbreak In Prison Ryland Barton
May 5 Health Coal And COVID-19: Lung Impairment Makes Miners Especially Vulnerable To Coronavirus Coal mines have been designated essential to keep the nation’s energy supply stable. But no one is regulating sanitation to keep the workers safe. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource May 5 Health Lung Impairment Makes Miners Especially Vulnerable To Coronavirus Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
May 5 Health In Public Housing, Few Masks and ‘Petri Dish’ Common Areas The COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the quandary of life in public housing: staying home means dealing with a crowded, antiquated high rise, plagued with maintenance issues and infestations. By Jacob Ryan May 5 Health In Public Housing, Few Masks and ‘Petri Dish’ Common Areas Jacob Ryan
May 4 Health Beshear Says Indiana Easing Coronavirus Restrictions Too Quickly Kentucky and Indiana are part of a group of states coordinating their coronavirus responses, but reopening plans are set by each governor. By Ryland Barton May 4 Health Beshear Says Indiana Easing Coronavirus Restrictions Too Quickly Ryland Barton
May 4 Health Study: Louisville Must Keep Up Social Distancing In Order To Safely Reopen The study found that easing up on citywide anti-coronavirus measures too soon could lead to hundreds more deaths and hospitalizations. By Amina Elahi May 4 Health Study: Louisville Must Keep Up Social Distancing To Safely Reopen Amina Elahi
May 4 Health With Limited Testing, Kentucky’s True Coronavirus Death Toll Uncertain Kentucky officials will not require regional reporting authorities to look back at deaths from earlier in the pandemic to find probable coronavirus cases. By Eleanor Klibanoff May 4 Health With Limited Testing, Kentucky’s True Coronavirus Death Toll Uncertain Eleanor Klibanoff
May 3 Health Beshear: Protests Don’t Reflect Majority Of Kentuckians “It’s OK to disagree," Beshear said. "But if you are a leader that people listen to, be responsible in how you do it.” By Jared Bennett May 3 Health Beshear: Protests Don't Reflect Majority Of Kentuckians Jared Bennett
May 1 Health Beshear: Don’t Travel To States Opening Up Before Kentucky The governor also said hundreds of people who signed up for drive-thru testing in Kentucky this week didn’t show up for their appointments. By Ryland Barton May 1 Health Beshear: Don't Travel To States Opening Up Before Kentucky Ryland Barton
May 1 Health Louisville Ramps Up Coronavirus Contact Tracing Efforts The city has about 55 contact tracers currently and hopes to add between 100 and 200 as the city prepares to reopen. By Ryan Van Velzer May 1 Health Louisville Ramps Up Coronavirus Contact Tracing Efforts Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 30 Health Kentucky Faces Major Budget Shortfall Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Kentucky is facing a massive budget shortfall as the coronavirus pandemic has diminished the amount of tax revenue the state brings in. Kentucky Budget Director John Hicks announced on Thursday that state tax revenues will likely be between $318.7 million and $495.7 million lower than initially predicted by the end of the fiscal year on […] By Ryland Barton Apr 30 Health Kentucky Faces Massive Budget Shortfall Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Ryland Barton
Apr 29 Health No Decline In Cases, But Beshear To Reopen More Businesses May 11 The governor previously said Ky. would follow White House guidelines and wait for a 14-day decline in cases before reopening could begin By Ryland Barton Apr 29 Health No Decline In Cases, But Beshear To Reopen More Businesses May 11 Ryland Barton
Apr 29 Health Kentucky Fairgrounds Field Hospital Open, But Empty The field hospital at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville has nearly 300 beds ready to accept patients with COVID-19. By Ryan Van Velzer Apr 29 Health Kentucky Fairgrounds Field Hospital Open, But Empty. Ryan Van Velzer
Apr 29 Health Complaints Allege Louisville Meatpacking Plant Failed To Protect Workers Workers had concerns about their safety at the JBS Swift plant in Louisville, where dozens of workers were infected and one died. By Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource Apr 29 Health Complaints Allege Louisville Plant Failed To Protect Workers Liam Niemeyer, Ohio Valley ReSource