Day: July 2, 2020
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Pandemic lays bare the starvation of public health departments; Ky. spending per resident fell 32% from 2010 to 2018, story says
Red indicates more spending on police; blue indicates more on non-hospital health. —– “The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the...
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First graduates from federally funded UK program to build workforce to address substance-use disorder are at work
Getty Images —– By Lindsey Piercy and Kaitlin Brooks University of Kentucky The first students to participate in program aimed at combating Kentucky’s opioid epidemic have graduated and gone to...
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The coming holiday weekend has a much different feeling than the last one, because the virus is surging in so many states
By Adam Cancryn and Dan Diamond Politico Pulse Just more than a month ago, Americans headed into a holiday long weekend feeling hopeful — if not quite confident — that...
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Cases remain stable, as daily number equals 7-day average; Cameron trying to join suit against Beshear’s business restrictions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing 220 new cases and seven new deaths from the novel coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear again stressed that it is up to Kentuckians...