Month: May 2022
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All key metrics to measure the coronavirus in Ky. are creeping up, as state slips to 37th in the share of population fully vaccinated
Map by The Washington Post; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even as the national Covid-19 risk map shows low risk of community transmission...
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Paul says if he’s re-elected and in the majority, he will subpoena Fauci’s records and ‘get to the bottom of the origins of this virus’
Paul at rally in state House Speaker David Osborne’s barn (Lexington Herald-Leader photo by Austin Horn) —– U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, seeking a third six-year term, “promised Saturday to wage a...
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‘Misinformation is now our leading cause of death,’ FDA boss says
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, M.D., speaks with an attendee at the event. (AHCJ photo by Paola Rodriguez) —– Newly confirmed Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf says “the issue that keeps him...
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The Covid-19 pandemic devastated many nurses’ mental health, and workplace racism made it worse, two recent studies find
Shannon Simonovich and Kashica Webber-Ritchey and other faculty and students at DePaul interviewed nurses. —– Nurses from all backgrounds have felt immense stress during the Covid-19 pandemic, but for nurses...
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CDC says certain people in Bourbon, Henderson, Nicholas and Union counties should mask up in indoor public spaces
CDC map shows Union, Henderson, Bourbon and Nicholas counties with a medium level of Covid-19. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Four Kentucky counties are back in yellow on...
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OPINION: Insurers say killing bill hospitals, pharmacists backed against pharmacy benefit managers saved Kentuckians money
Tom Stephens —– By Tom Stephens Executive Director, Kentucky Association of Health Care Plans Pocketbook issues were front and center in this most recent session of the Kentucky General Assembly...