Day: May 7, 2021
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Beshear defends his re-opening plans, saying, ‘We are doing it right’; state ordered 10% less vaccine this week than it could have
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Under pressure from some Republicans to lift all pandemic restrictions or to set a date to do so, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear issued an op-ed Friday...
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Medicare-Medicaid agency rated 74 Kentucky hospitals this year; 20 got one of the top two grades, 28 got one of the bottom two
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2021, with new methodology that includes fewer Kentucky hospitals. Of the 74 Kentucky...
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Beshear lifts more capacity limits starting May 28, touts his handling of the pandemic and the state’s economic recovery
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced he will lift both indoor and outdoor capacity limits to 75 percent for businesses and events with fewer than 1,000...
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Advertising agencies’ national campaign for Covid-19 vaccination is like no other one they have ever done, and it’s still evolving
The business of persuading Americans to get a coronavirus vaccine is one of the most complex and challenging parts of the pandemic. A big part of that effort is the...