Day: June 14, 2021
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Health plans’ vaccination campaign moves to Eastern Kentucky; vaccinations are on the rise, perhaps due to state incentives
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News At a different county health department in the heart of Eastern Kentucky each day this week, Kentucky’s health-insurance companies will give away ten $100...
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Local collaborations help tackle Ky.’s health problems, and can be guided by hospitals’ and health departments’ needs assessments
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Collaborations in individual communities can play a critical role when it comes to improving Kentucky’s poor health outcomes, largely because those outcomes are grounded...
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Local businesses can play a big role in getting rural customers and neighbors vaccinated for Covid-19; organizations offer help
“A return to regular, small-town living will require a continuous effort to get residents vaccinated for Covid-19, according to the head of the Rural America Chamber of Commerce,” Adilia Watson reports...
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Virus that was suppressed by pandemic measures resurges in Ky. and the South; main threat is to younger kids, vulnerable adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising people in Kentucky and states to the south to look out for a respiratory illness that is spreading in the region. The disease...
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Rural Ky. needs more community health workers and medical-school residents, legislators and UK hospital executive say
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Improving health care and health in rural Kentucky will take more people in the health-care workforce, specifically at the top and bottom of the...
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At last regular Covid-19 press briefing, Beshear says crisis is over but pandemic is not; rescinds most restrictions, reflects on fight
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In his last regular Covid-19 press conference, Gov. Andy Beshear lifted the statewide mask mandate for most settings, ended capacity limits for businesses and...