Month: December 2020
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U.S. Supreme Court, 7-2, allows Beshear’s ban on in-person schooling to apply to religious schools, at least for the time being
Danville Christian Academy was the lead plaintiff. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to reinstate a Kentucky federal judge’s order exempting religious schools...
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Pilot study shows correlation between persistent cough and use of electronic cigarettes by University of Kentucky students
Photo by Diego Servo, iStock/Getty Images, via UK —– By Emily Domer University of Kentucky A small-scale study at the University of Kentucky shows correlations between persistent cough among college students and...
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7-day average of new virus cases drops again, but ICUs have more patients than ever, and 23 more are dead from Covid-19
Kentucky Health News graph; new-case numbers are unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky’s seven-day average of new coronavirus cases fell for the fifth...
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Plain talk’s understood: ‘Snot and spit … spread infection,’ health chief says as he advises us to ‘hunker down’ during the holidays
White House task force graph shows national numbers; Kentucky’s trends have been similar. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases in Kentucky appear to have plateaued, but infection...
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Public-health officials and workers are ‘a public punching bag’ in a politicized pandemic; 1 in 10 in Ky. have left since it began
Kaiser Health News map; to enlarge, click on it. —– Local public-health officials and workers “have found themselves at the center of a political storm as they combat the worst pandemic...
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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...
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McCracken County student who got hooked on e-cigs, then fought for limits on them, is named a Kentucky Healthy Policy Champion
Abby Hefner —– A Paducah-area high-school junior has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for advocating for policies that help prevent youth tobacco use, after she was addicted to...
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With first vaccinations expected Monday, but only the beginning of long rollout that will run well into summer, Beshear urges caution
A container with insulated boxes of vaccine is rolled from a plane into UPS Worldport in Louisville. (Photo provided by governor’s office) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the first shipments...