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Three years ago, the emergency declaration enabled certain tools for fighting the pandemic and protecting Americans. Now that it's expiring, here's what is changing — and what's not.
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Gov. Andy Beshear remembered Virginia Moore as a "rock of stability and grace through the pandemic."
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Ohio State University, for one, is no longer requiring students, faculty and non-hospital staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The change is in response to vaccine policy changes at the federal level and to remain compliant with state law.
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A decision could be announced within weeks.
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At-home rapid tests have become a staple of COVID-19 precautions, but some experts worry that people are relying too much on these tests and that's creating a false sense of security.
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In Kentucky, 58% of the total population is fully vaccinated — either two doses of Pfizer or Moderna or one dose of the Janssen vaccine, according to the state’s vaccine dashboard.
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Americans can again order free COVID-19 tests through the mail. It's part of the Biden administration's plan to deal with an increase in COVID cases sparked by indoor holiday gatherings.
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NPR asked a handful of public health experts how to approach a holiday season with not one but three respiratory pathogens helping fill hospitals: COVID, the flu and RSV.
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Doctors from across the state asked the public to take measures to stay well or at least stay out of the emergency room unless absolutely necessary. "Never before have we had to contend with all three of these viruses driving illnesses at the same time," said one.
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Interim Health Commissioner Grant Mussman says the numbers look like the omicron surge. “Whether that means there’s exactly the same amount of transmission of COVID out there in the community as during omicron, that we don’t really know,” he says. “But it’s likely that there’s a fair amount of transmission out there that we’re not detecting.”