Month: July 2022
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Beshear calls for use of masks at indoor events and in schools, more Covid-19 shots as CDC sees all counties at elevated risk
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– Kentucky still has 80 of its 120 counties are at the highest risk level for Covid-19, and the state no longer has...
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State rural-health office will get $299,999 a year for the next three years to help veterans get care; one of three such grants in U.S.
The Kentucky Office of Rural Health is one of three organizations in the U.S. to receive a three-year, nearly $900,000 grant from the federal Office of Rural Health Policy to improve access to health...
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Health insurers offer $20 gift cards for Kentuckians getting first dose or booster of Covid-19 vaccine at schools, health depts.
Photo illustration from KAHP —– The trade group for commercial insurers and Medicaid managers in Kentucky is offering $20 gift cards at school and health-department vaccination events for people getting...
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New text-messaging program launches in Kentucky and four other states to help curb misuse of opioids for pain
The Partnership to End Addiction has announced plans to launch a personalized text messaging program to help curb opioid misuse this summer in Kentucky, Idaho, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. The...
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All pandemic metrics are up in Kentucky (weekly cases +24%), and as school nears, children account for a larger share of cases
Kentucky Health News graph, from state data; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News All measures of Covid-19 in Kentucky kept rising last...
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16 Covid-19 vaccine clinics set across Ky. in July and August
Covid-19 vaccine administration in Kentucky as of July 22; graphs from the Kentucky Covid-19 Vaccination Dashboard —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eight Kentucky health departments are participating in...
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Saying they are probably unconstitutional, judge extends ruling blocking two Kentucky laws that would greatly limit abortion
Kentucky Health News Saying Kentucky laws limiting access to abortion likely violate the state constitution, a Louisville judge has blocked them from taking effect until lawsuits challenging them are over....
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Survey seeks views of Kentucky’s LGBTQ+ community about their access and interactions with health care
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is looking for participants in a study that aims to learn more about how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Kentuckians access and interact with health...
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CDC says 80 Kentucky counties are at high risk of Covid-19 and 33 are at medium risk; Beshear urges seniors to get boosted
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows risk levels. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With 113 of the state’s 120 counties with an elevated risk from coronavirus...
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New 988 suicide and crisis lifeline number saw a 30% increase in calls in Kentucky during the weekend it was launched
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The new, easy-to-remember 988 behavioral-health crisis hotline took 220 calls on the first weekend it went live in Kentucky, according to Gov. Andy Beshear,...