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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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.
Radar
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.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 9:31 PM EST
|By Dustin Vogt
Kentucky governor Andy Beshear announced more funds will be coming into Louisville to help provide assistance for rent and utilities.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 7:34 PM EST
|By Dustin Vogt
The current mask requirement will remain in place for students and staff on Wednesday, and additional information will be sent to JCPS families and staff on how and when new guidance will be implemented.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 5:43 PM EST
|By Maira Ansari
Now, COVID cases are significantly down and Jefferson County is no longer in the red zone.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 5:13 PM EST
|By Julia Huffman
Governor Beshear happily shared that some areas of Kentucky are now finally in the green.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 11:57 PM EST
|By Kennedy Hayes
Health officials across the area talked about where they think the pandemic is headed as cases decline.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 6:35 PM EST
|By Dustin Vogt
With COVID cases declining in the city of Louisville, Mayor Greg Fischer announced on Friday mask requirements would be lifted for employees and guests inside Metro Government buildings.