Month: May 2020
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Federal judge issues order exempting all religious services from Beshear’s order against gatherings of more than 10 people
Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove —– A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky churches can resume in-person worship without fear that police and health officials will enforce Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency...
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State reveals plan to test every resident and employee in all 286 nursing homes in next 2 months; posts more reopening guidance
Beshear held up his mask as he asked others to wear theirs. —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may be updated. Official state...
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Kentucky has nation’s highest jobless rate, three estimators say
Map and estimates by Stateline, an initiative of the Pew Research Center (Ky. Health News labels) —– By three separate estimates, the coronavirus pandemic has given Kentucky has the worst unemployment rate in...
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Most Kentucky hospitals get a ‘C’ on a twice-a-year safety report card, including Jewish, which got a rare ‘F’ on the last report
Screenshot of Hazard ARH scores shows detail for infection issues and tabs for other issues. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the fourth grading period in a row, a nonprofit...
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Hardin Memorial Hospital will become Baptist Health Hardin
The hospital is on US 31-W (Dixie Avenue) in Elizabethtown. —– The sale of 300-bed Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabethtown to Baptist Health will be complete by Sept. 1, three months earlier that the...
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‘Temporary’ child-care centers say staffing rule burdens them; domestic-violence orders are down, but domestic murders are up
As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be updated. Official state guidance is at kycovid19.ky.gov. Most child-care centers in Kentucky are closed, but 79 are...
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Beshear lets restaurants reopen at 1/3 capacity May 22, though Ky. hasn’t met benchmarks he set, following federal guidelines
Bloomberg chart shows positive tests in red and pink, and negative tests in grays. Flu-like illness is shown by bars across bottom. Gray rectangle marks last two weeks. —– As news develops about...
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Cell-phone data suggest we’re gradually staying home less
SafeGraph data for the week ended April 30 show relative mobility. For county data, click here. —– Anonymized cell-phone data indicate, county by county, how much Americans are obeying stay-at-home restrictions imposed to...
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‘I will wear a mask . . . for you’
By Becky Barnes Editor, The Cynthiana Democrat April 30, 2020 I’m not ready to die. I will stay away from crowds and, even though I am not a non-essential worker,...
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Beshear says he’s working on restaurant rules and limited child-care options for June reopenings; UK starts three clinical trials
Infection charts that Gov. Andy Beshear has used to illustrate the risk of reopening child-care centers —– As news develops about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item may...