Day: December 15, 2020
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Good news: First coronavirus vaccines given in Ky.; plan to re-open schools is announced; state saw a drop in cases last week
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Calling it a “heck of a week,” Gov. Andy Beshear hailed the first coronavirus vaccinations, announced plans to resume in-person schooling and said last...
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Negotiators reach compromise on surprise medical billing, but fate of the legislation may rest with Senate Majority Leader McConnell
Health insurance companies “are furiously lobbying Congress to tweak a last-minute deal on protecting Americans from surprise medical bills — one that is viewed as favoring doctors over them,” The Washington...
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Eastern Ky.’s lost generation and echoes that remain: Aftermath of the opioid epidemic, by an expatriate doctor who lost a friend
By Brian S. Barnett, M.D. Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychology, Center for Behavioral Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Published in JAMA Internal Medicine My friend drew his last breath alone, in the predawn...