COVID 19 pandemic

The COVID-19 public health emergency may be officially over, but COVID has not completely disappeared from concern. In fact, Lexington hospitals are seeing an increase in COVID patients this summer. With a new COVID vaccine coming this fall, the UK Pharmacist Care Clinic's Jim Hallahan, Pharm.D., and Ryan Babb, Pharm.D., answer some questions you may have. Dr. Greg talks one on one with Hallahan.

State and local officials, along with several Kentucky families gathered on the Capitol grounds in Frankfort Wednesday to dedicate the permanent Kentucky COVID Memorial to honor the more than 18,000 Kentuckians lost during the pandemic. Alan Lytle has details.

University of Kentucky College of Public Health (CPH) researchers, in collaboration with investigators from the UK College of Medicine, the UK College of Communication and Information and the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH), are leading a five-year, $3.7 million project to study COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in Eastern Kentucky. Dr. Greg talks with co-principal investigator Marc T. Kiviniemi, Ph.D.

As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches the three year mark, University of Kentucky clinical microbiologist Dr. Vaneet Arora says both the virus - and the efforts to combat it - continue to evolve. Dr. Arora joins Greg for an update.

This week Dr. Greg talks with friend and colleague Vaneet Arora, Associate Professor and Associate Director - Clinical Microbiology in the UK College of Medicine, about how best to avoid the potential triple whammy of COVID 19, influenza, and RSV.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has renewed his push for higher teacher salaries and state-funded preschool for 4-year-olds. His comments Thursday came in response to statewide test scores showing setbacks among many students, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The BA.5 omicron subvariant, which is now the most prevalent coronavirus strain in the United States, is four times more resistant to COVID-19 vaccines, according to a new study by the Mayo clinic, but health officials say those shots remain your best defense against the virus. This week Dr. Greg talks again with Vaneet Arora, Associate Director - Clinical Microbiology in the UK College of Medicine, about the latest developments in the seemingly never ending battle against SARS-CoV-2.

As expected, Governor Andy Beshear vetoes SJR 150, a resolution that would end Kentucky’s COVID state of emergency declaration one month early. Karyn Czar reports from Frankfort.

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, masks will be optional in Fayette County Public schools. Karyn Czar reports.

Kentucky marks the seventh consecutive week of declining COVID numbers, signaling the Omicron surge is coming to an end. Karyn Czar reports.