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Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 6:29 PM EST
|By David Mattingly
Predictably, vaccinations and previous infections make the general population more resilient to serious bouts of COVID.
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Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 6:41 PM EST
|By Brandon Spencer
Norton Healthcare is putting the warning out for the new COVID strain they say is highly contagious.
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Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 4:01 PM EST
|By Kelsey Souto
The University of Kentucky is rolling back some of its COVID-19 policies.
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Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 4:20 PM EST
|By Samantha Valentino
As Omicron subvariant XBB1.5 is making it's way through the county, experts give tips on how to protect yourself.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 3:40 PM EST
|By WAVE Staff
Louisville doctors are urging you to protect yourself and loved ones from infectious illnesses this holiday season.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:18 PM EST
|By David Mattingly
It was literally the shot seen ‘round the Commonwealth.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 5:47 PM EDT
|By Julia Huffman
Nurses spoke on Tuesday about the importance of getting a flu shot as colder months approach.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 4:49 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
”We are seeing an already busy hospital even busier,” Norton Chief Hospital Officer Charlotte Ipsan said. “So definitely we are seeing it and feeling it.”
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 3:13 PM EDT
|By Elisa Schwartzmiller
This campaign will provide videos, graphics, fact sheets and more to teach people about the COVID-19 vaccine and boosters.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:53 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
But at a time when people seem more mindful of flu shots, there’s concern about COVID complacency.
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Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 2:09 PM EDT
|By Amber Ruch
They received boosters from representatives of the Franklin County Health Department.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 5:14 PM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes
The boosters are called bivalent boosters; meaning they are made to better protect against the omicron sub variants BA 4 and BA 5.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2022 at 11:33 AM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes and Olivia Russell
On Thursday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed updated COVID-19 boosters.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2022 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By Kathleen Ninke
If you’ve had COVID-19 more than once, you’re certainly not alone.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 11:55 AM EDT
|By Kathleen Ninke
In June, researchers at the University of Kentucky announced the development of a higher-tech mask that can deactivate the SARS-CoV-2 protein.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:35 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
JCPS Superintendent Pollio described decisions on masking to be “excruciating,” acknowledging a sharply divided public.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:14 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron penned an open letter to the commonwealth’s largest school district to end its mandatory mask mandate.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:46 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
The CDC no longer recommends social distancing six feet or going into quarantine if you are exposed but not infected.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 1:22 PM EDT
|By Olivia Russell
The county is in the red zone for COVID-19 transmission, but the district is letting staff and families make their own decisions about masks.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 7:53 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
While COVID cases continue to climb across the commonwealth, many adults living in the Kentucky area believe the pandemic is over for their day-to-day lives.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 5:43 PM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes
This week, teachers throughout the district have been hard at work setting up their classrooms; including at Gutermuth Elementary.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 10:50 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Health departments across the commonwealth are working to hold COVID-19 vaccine and booster clinics as cases rise.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 3:55 PM EDT
|By Julia Huffman
When it comes to BA.5 specifically though, there is still a lot to learn.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 4:36 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Nick Picht
Jefferson County Public Schools announced universal masking will be required inside facilities as the county enters “high risk” COVID status.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:40 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
The Jefferson County Board of Education on Tuesday approved new health guidance recommendations for the upcoming school year starting in less than a month.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
The variant, called BA.5, has found a way to work around vaccines and previous exposures to deliver flu-like symptoms.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Maira Ansari
The CDC recommends that all children, even those who have previously had COVID, get vaccinated.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 10:44 PM EDT
|By Josh Ninke
Local and state health officials said just because it’s summer, it doesn’t mean people should forget about COVID-19.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 2:57 PM EDT
|By WAVE Staff
WAVE hopes to contribute to the elimination of the negative connotations associated with mental health.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 10:46 PM EDT
|By Josh Ninke
The latest Louisville COVID numbers shows the metro has the highest number of confirmed cases in the last four months.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 3:40 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri
The governor said that there are more COVID cases than reported due to at-home testing.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
In previous years, the arrival of warm weather and getting outside resulted in a decline in COVID cases. But not this year.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 4:34 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Kathleen Ninke
More COVID cases in Louisville over the past week are being noticed by health officials due in part to travelers coming into the city.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 10:06 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
With the Kentucky Derby back at full capacity, doctors warn that COVID is still around and guests should keep themselves protected.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 2:02 PM EDT
|By Shellie Sylvestri and Olivia Russell
Louisville’s transportation hubs lifted their mask restrictions in light of a federal judge’s decision to overturn the national mask mandate.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 6:14 PM EDT
|By Maira Ansari
With case counts where they are, Gov. Andy Beshear said there is no need to change any mandates.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 6:17 PM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes
As COVID cases fall in Indiana and Kentucky, the decline begs the question: are we in clear with COVID?
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 4:10 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said Tuesday he is hoping to get out of quarantine and on a flight home this weekend.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 5:12 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
A man who spent more than a month in the hospital with COVID returned to thank the ICU staff who saved his life.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 12:29 AM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes
This year, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ranked Louisville as the 46th most difficult place to live with allergies in the country.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 5:50 PM EDT
|By Maira Ansari
The variant was discovered at two different wastewater testing locations, but experts believe it has spread further.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 4:05 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Gov. Andy Beshear has signed into law a bill providing another round of coronavirus-related relief to Kentucky employers on their unemployment insurance tax assessments.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 4:47 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Wild Health is now offering COVID-19 testing that can be done at home in Louisville.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 3:42 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Health officials said BA.2 is a more easily transmittable version of omicron and has been found as a growing variant of COVID-19 within the United States in March.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 11:17 PM EDT
|By Tori Gessner
A Nelson County family is suing the state and local governments, among others for $650 million after they claim a hospital falsified a positive COVID-19 test and forced them to quarantine.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Maira Ansari
With cases now finally slowing down, frontline heroes can take a deep breath and reflect on what they have been through.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 4:27 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
The words of caution came Tuesday during Louisville’s latest COVID health briefing.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Gov. Beshear said the commonwealth is on its seventh-straight week of declining COVID case numbers.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 4:36 PM EST
|By David Mattingly
For first graders at Zachary Taylor Elementary, all they have ever known is wearing a mask in school.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 4:12 PM EST
|By Dustin Vogt and David Mattingly
The new guidance is in effect for students and staff in JCPS schools, facilities or school buses.