Month: March 2021
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Four Ky. health groups mount campaign for vaccinations
To overcome hesitancy or resistance to vaccination against the novel coronavirus, four Kentucky health groups have started a campaign of public-service announcements online and in print. “Take It From Me”...
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Community health centers get $96 million for Covid-19 work
Kentucky’s 25 federally qualified health centers, generally known as community health centers, will share more than $96 million in grants from the recent relief-and-stimulus bill, the American Rescue Plan Act. “The funding...
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Ky. ranked 37th in protecting children in pandemic; in top 3 for hunger; 22% of families with kids said they lacked enough to eat
Chart from Page 17 of national report from Save the Children; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 37th for how...
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Vaccination priority age group now begins at 40; Beshear pushes signups; positive-test, infection rates up; 88 audit deaths added
Map shows Covid-19 death rates by county as of March 20; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News As he reported more than...
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Kentucky doctors worry that not enough people in the state will take advantage of vaccines for us to reach herd immunity
“As Covid-19 vaccine rollout continues to break records in Kentucky, there is a concern that interest could peak and the vaccinations could plateau before we reach herd immunity,” which is...
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Tax removed from e-cig hardware sold separately from liquid
Atlanta Journal-Constitution photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The General Assembly has passed legislation to remove the 15 percent wholesale tax on the hardware used in electronic smoking...
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Kentucky’s positive-test rate for the coronavirus falls to 2.85%
State Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News The percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for...
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Vaccinations hit new high, but several locations have hundreds of slots open, and the U.S. pandemic plateau may be coming to Ky.
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Gov. Andy Beshear said Kentucky broke another weekly record for coronavirus shots, he also announced that several vaccination sites have many slots open...
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Supporters of harm-reduction strategy say campaign against e-cigarettes has unintended consequences, many of them not good
Photo of e-cigarette pods by Scott Olson, Getty Images —– Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s $160 million, three-year campaign to fight youth use of electronic cigarettes by young people may have had its...
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Governor signs 13 health-related bills into law, including one that caps co-payment for insulin at $30/month for an estimated 22,000
Reps. Minter and Bentley, Beshear and interpreter Virginia Moore —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear signed 13 health bills into law Monday, highlighting one that caps...