Month: March 2021
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Franklin Circuit judge issues injunction blocking three new laws the legislature passed to limit the governor’s emergency powers
Judge Phillip Shepherd —– A Frankfort judge has blocked three laws the legislature passed to limit Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency powers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd’s...
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Dolly Parton, who gave $1 million to Vanderbilt University to help develop the Moderna vaccine, gets a taste of her medicine
Dolly Parton gets her coronavirus vaccine. (CNN photo) —– Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine with $1 million donation to researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, received her shot Tuesday from Dr....
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Beshear says low case and death numbers in nursing homes show vaccines work; calls Texas governor’s relaxations ‘reckless’
White House Coronavirus Task Force graph (click on it to enlarge) shows testing and the rate of positive tests in Kentucky have both generally declined over the last two months. Gov. Andy Beshear...
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Capacity limits going to 60% for many; Beshear says Monday’s numbers make ‘the most optimistic report I’ve been able to give’
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Following seven weeks of declining coronavirus cases and positive-test...
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Beshear says new vaccine is ‘game changer’ and the end of the pandemic is in sight, but masks and distancing are still needed
Margaret Brennan of CBS News interviewed Gov. Andy Beshear on “Face the Nation” Sunday. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As a new vaccine was released and the coronavirus...
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Bills for local control of tobacco haven’t even been assigned to committees, though advocates say they would pass on the floor
Image: Public Health Law Center —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With less than two weeks left in the 2021 legislative session, bills to let local governments regulate tobacco...
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New virus cases keep going down, but still 10th in U.S.; share of Kentuckians testing positive rises after falling for eight days
New York Times table, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for the full list, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky continued a downward...
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It’s National Children’s Dental Health Month, time to think about improving the poor oral health of Kentucky’s children
Dr. Stephanie Poynter —– By Stephanie Poynter Chair, Kentucky Oral Health Coalition It is no secret that Kentucky has historically had a poor reputation when it comes to our dental...
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Nearly all metrics of the pandemic in Ky. are going the right way, with new single-dose vaccine likely to be approved this weekend
A flag is placed behind the Capitol for each Kentucky Covid-19 victim. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The good news on a rainy Friday was...