Month: January 2021
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Covid-19 death rates in Kentucky keep accelerating, and now the average of new virus cases goes up, too, after 10 days of decline
Kentucky Health News chart; dates are those deaths are recorded after cases are reviewed. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News For several days, trends of the pandemic in Kentucky...
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After big cut in state tobacco-prevention and -cessation funds, Ky. drops a spot to 39th in such funding among the states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 39th among states in funding tobacco prevention and cessation programs, moving down one slot from last year’s ranking of 38th, according to a...
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All metrics used to measure coronavirus impact in Ky. go down, except death trends; Beshear attributes improvements to masks
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, Britainy Beshear, Gov. Andy Beshear and soloist Keith Dean with 3,301 American flags on the back lawn of the Capitol, one for each Covid-19 victim. (State photo)...
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Beshear allows ‘born alive’ bill to become law without his signature; it’s the first anti-abortion bill he has not vetoed
Gov. Andy Beshear has allowed to become law without his signature an anti-abortion bill that the legislature would have enacted anyway if he had vetoed it, and that critics say...
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State records 58 Covid-19 deaths today, a record, but Beshear cites state’s low death rate, says more masking may be helping
Gov. Andy Beshear, at top near right, and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, at bottom near left, in a vaccination video with counterparts in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. —– By Melissa...
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State reports 49 more deaths from Covid-19; January is on track to be the most deadly month for the disease in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News graph; new-case data is from initial, unadjusted daily reports. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and his health commissioner have long said Covid-19...
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Hospitals agree to follow higher quality standards to get more money from Medicaid, which covers 1/3 of state’s population
Friedlander and interpreter Virginia Moore announced the new hospital payment program. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With up to 28 rural Kentucky hospitals vulnerable to closure if their financial situation...
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New-case trend stays down and vaccine pace quickens, but supply is a challenge; Beshear issues vetoes, opens door to talks
Ky. Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 2,250 new cases of the coronavirus...
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Researchers think they have finally found a treatment that works on methamphetamine addiction, but say more research is needed
Dr. Madhukar Trivedi, right, of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, led the research. —- Kentucky Health News As methamphetamine causes more addiction and death, treatment specialists have despaired for...
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Youth substance-use webinar says parents need to talk to kids early about vaping; addresses roles of music, social determinants
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The final webinar about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focuses on vaping and substance use and offers policies and practical guidance...