Author: Al Cross
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New cases of coronavirus continue to drop in Kentucky, but state still ranks No. 1 in nation, and deaths from Covid-19 remain high
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The leading indicators of...
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UK Markey Cancer Center gets $10 million gift to consolidate many of its operations on Limestone Street in Lexington
UK HealthCare will use a $10 million gift from Lexington’s Central Bank to build an outpatient cancer treatment center and advanced ambulatory complex for its Markey Cancer Center. The gift is the largest ever to...
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Anti-overdose drug Narcan available to people under Corrections community supervision in eight counties, eight more this summer
Ky. Health News map shows counties in HEALing Communities Study —– The anti-overdose drug Narcan is now available free of charge to people under community supervision by the state Department of...
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Harvard study concludes that it’s too soon to lift mask mandates in most elementary schools
Getty Images —– As the Omicron surge wanes, many school districts are lifting mask mandates. But coronavirus transmission rates are still far too high to lift such mandates in elementary...
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A good news, bad news day in Kentucky: Covid-19 metrics keep falling, but our infection rate remains highest among the states
To enlarge this map, click on it. For the original New York Times map and data, click here. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The good news is that the...
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‘Fighting to Breathe,’ a look at lung diseases in Ky., their causes and new treatments, premieres Monday night on KET
Kentucky Educational Television is airing a three-part series and forum that will examine the under-told story of lung cancer and other lung diseases in Kentucky: the causes, the impact on those...
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Bill to prohibit schools from requiring masks passes first hurdle
Rep. Lynn Bechler —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to prohibit public schools, colleges and universities from requiring masks has passed out of committee and is on...
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Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to go down, but the state’s infection rate is now the highest among the states
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. Tennessee may seem as “hot” as Kentucky, but its metropolitan areas have lower rates, so it ranks only fifth...
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Beshear says he expects the pandemic will ease by mid-March in Ky.; right now, our infection rate remains fifth among the states
Kentucky Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday...
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4 Ky. community mental health centers join Medicaid program to blend mental health, behavioral health and medical services
Four community health centers in Kentucky are in a two-year pilot program that lets them provide medical services for Kentuckians on Medicaid, not just behavioral and mental health care. The Demonstration...