Author: Al Cross
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Covid-19 vaccines a triumph of science, and best chance to end the pandemic, UK College of Public Health prof and dean say
By Marc T. Kiviniemi and Donna K. Arnett University of Kentucky College of Public Health With Covid-19 vaccines becoming more widely available, we may finally be seeing some light at the...
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35 more Covid-19 deaths make January deadliest month of the pandemic in Ky., with a week left; positive-test rate keeps falling
Ky. Dept. for Public Health chart, with type added by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky remained on...
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Primary Care Association builds out new data system to become more efficient, with help of $250K grant from UnitedHealthcare
The Kentucky Primary Care Association is developing a new data system for its member clinics, with the help of a $250,000 grant from UnitedHealthcare, a major insurance company. “The Centralized Healthcare And Revenue...
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Covid-19 death rates in Kentucky keep accelerating, and now the average of new virus cases goes up, too, after 10 days of decline
Kentucky Health News chart; dates are those deaths are recorded after cases are reviewed. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News For several days, trends of the pandemic in Kentucky...
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After big cut in state tobacco-prevention and -cessation funds, Ky. drops a spot to 39th in such funding among the states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 39th among states in funding tobacco prevention and cessation programs, moving down one slot from last year’s ranking of 38th, according to a...
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All metrics used to measure coronavirus impact in Ky. go down, except death trends; Beshear attributes improvements to masks
Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, Britainy Beshear, Gov. Andy Beshear and soloist Keith Dean with 3,301 American flags on the back lawn of the Capitol, one for each Covid-19 victim. (State photo)...
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Beshear allows ‘born alive’ bill to become law without his signature; it’s the first anti-abortion bill he has not vetoed
Gov. Andy Beshear has allowed to become law without his signature an anti-abortion bill that the legislature would have enacted anyway if he had vetoed it, and that critics say...
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State records 58 Covid-19 deaths today, a record, but Beshear cites state’s low death rate, says more masking may be helping
Gov. Andy Beshear, at top near right, and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, at bottom near left, in a vaccination video with counterparts in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. —– By Melissa...
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State reports 49 more deaths from Covid-19; January is on track to be the most deadly month for the disease in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News graph; new-case data is from initial, unadjusted daily reports. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and his health commissioner have long said Covid-19...
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Hospitals agree to follow higher quality standards to get more money from Medicaid, which covers 1/3 of state’s population
Friedlander and interpreter Virginia Moore announced the new hospital payment program. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With up to 28 rural Kentucky hospitals vulnerable to closure if their financial situation...