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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Students walk across campus on the first day of the spring semester on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

UK resumes in-person classes as omicron cases rise

Hannah Stanley January 13, 2022

The new year brings new challenges for UK, and the omicron COVID-19 variant has become one of the most relevant. The university has implemented further actions to prevent the spread across campus.UK has...

New variants evolved in U.S. raise concerns

Rachel Crick March 11, 2021

As vaccination efforts ramp up across the United States, reports of two new COVID-19 variants have emerged. These variants, first identified by researchers in California and New York, are raising concerns...

Graphic by Selma Odobasic

What to know about COVID-19 variants

Natalie Parks February 2, 2021

Pandemic lesson number one – global health is local health is personal health. That lesson has become clearer than ever in the past month, as emerging strains of the COVID-19 spread from their regions...

COVID variant confirmed in northern Ky.

January 27, 2021

On Jan. 27, Governor Andy Beshear updated the state of Kentucky on COVID-19 and the vaccination process. Beshear began by thanking each individual who is working, volunteering and participating in the...

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