Month: May 2021
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Agriculture Commissioner Quarles calls on Beshear to set a date to reopen the state and ditch his goal of 2.5 million vaccinations
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Gov. Andy Beshear continues to call...
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Ky. poll: Most trusted sources for Covid-19 vaccine information are physicians, pharmacists and health-department directors
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When it comes to information about coronavirus vaccines, polling in late winter showed Kentucky adults overwhelmingly trust their physicians or other health-care providers, followed...
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New Covid-19 vaccinations keep plunging; Ky. gave only 1,524 first shots Monday, as cases and positive tests kept ticking up
Screenshot of state vaccine dashboard, adapted and labeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Covid-19 vaccination rates across Kentucky continue to lag, Gov. Andy Beshear optimistically...
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State cuts vaccine orders as demand falls; Beshear wants single-dose vials for doctor offices, but they probably won’t appear soon
Screenshot of state’s new vaccination dashboard; to enlarge, click on it; for the site, go here. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentuckians’ demand for coronavirus vaccines slacks off,...
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Rural clinics welcome fix in Medicare change that left some out
Kentucky’s rural health clinics say they welcome a recent fix to a Medicare payment change that was made unexpectedly in the American Rescue Plan Act, the pandemic relief bill passed...
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Fewer than 1,000 Covid-19 vaccinations administered Saturday; groups for and against Beshear’s pandemic orders rally at Capitol
Andrew Cooperrider, a Lexington coffee-shop owner who has led protests against Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency orders, spoke to a group of his allies in front of a “Don’t Tread on...
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Most Ky. hospitals in patient-safety survey for national nonprofit’s twice-a-year report card again get grade of C; fewer got As
Screenshot of Leapfrog page for Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana, which moved to a C from an A, shows detail for infection issues and tabs for other issues. For a larger version, click...
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New Ky. virus cases up, national ranking up, positive-test rate up; vaccinations down; masks were mainly down or absent at Derby
Masks were hard to find in the Churchill Downs infield. (New York Times photo by Christian Hansen) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Saturday’s pandemic report for Kentucky isn’t good. New...
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Reasons for Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy are many; here’s what medical and public-health experts say about some concerns
Illustration from MedPage Today —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In a society that gives out trophies for participation, it’s only natural that the U.S. is celebrating that about...
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It’s Nurses Month, recognizing the largest segment of health-care workers and the professionals that Americans say they trust most
Donna Meador and Delanor Manson (L-R) —– By Donna Meador and Delanor Manson Kentucky Nurses Association A little more than a year ago, none of us could have imagined anything...