Month: December 2020
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Omnibus relief bill includes ban on mail sales of e-cigarette products; FedEx will not handle shipments after March 1
The catch-all bill to keep the government open, provide pandemic relief and do many other things includes a ban on mail shipments of electronic-cigarette products, and apply federal laws on...
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Beshear worries that New Year’s on top of Christmas will reverse Kentucky’s recent progress on thwarting the novel coronavirus
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As he gave his last briefing of 2020, Gov. Andy Beshear said he worries that the New Year’s weekend, a four-day holiday for many...
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Pandemic thrusts Health Commissioner Steven Stack from usually low-profile job into often harsh spotlight of public scrutiny
Less than a month after Dr. Steven Stack moved from running a hospital emergency department to running the state Department for Public Health, the first case of the novel coronavirus was...
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Legislation to fix surprise medical billing won’t apply to ground ambulances, but may produce data that will spur their inclusion
The congressional fix for surprise medical bills, contained in the legislation to keep the government open, provide pandemic relief and do many other things, does not apply to ground ambulances, which...
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Beshear’s Facebook post shows generally stable virus numbers; comments on it reveal support, skepticism and unhappiness
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Measures of the novel-coronavirus pandemic remained generally stable Sunday, as Gov. Andy Beshear made only a Facebook post giving the day’s numbers. The state...
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Trump helped get vaccines produced quickly, but he and some of his allies are complicating efforts to get people to take them
“President Trump and his allies have spent years stoking disinformation and doubt in official accounts about the election, the coronavirus, and other topics. Now those efforts are making it harder to rally support...
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State reports Christmas Eve was pandemic’s second-deadliest day, with 53 Covid-19 deaths, but positive-test rate fell below 8%
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Christmas Eve was Kentucky’s second-deadliest day of the pandemic, with confirmation of 53 deaths from Covid-19, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Saturday in a three-day...
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As state heads into a long holiday weekend, new-case average keeps ticking up but Beshear emphasizes recent successes
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s averages of recent coronavirus cases and deaths continued to increase slightly Wednesday, but the percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus continued...
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Beshear says people 75 and older have “compelling argument” to get virus vaccine after nursing homes and health-care workers
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians 75 and older have a “very compelling argument” to be among those next in line to get vaccines for the novel coronavirus, Gov....
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Work on successful lawsuit against changes in Medicaid earns Rich Seckel the Gil Friedell Healthy Policy Champion award
Rich Seckel —– UPDATE, Dec. 21: Seckel was named the Gil Friedell Health Policy Champion award, which comes with a $5,000 grant to a Kentucky-based nonprofit of his choice. (The original...