Author: Al Cross
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Pineville Community Health Center gets the first loan from a new program to help Kentucky’s struggling rural hospitals
Pineville Community Health Center (Photo from Pineville Sun-Cumberland Courier) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pineville Community Health Center Inc. is the first health facility in Kentucky to be approved...
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As positive-test rate zooms above 9% and hospital cases surge, Beshear urges more vaccinations, boosters and caution
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted and updated by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians...
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare buys Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, to be renamed Paintsville ARH Hospital
Mountaintop Media photo —– Appalachian Regional Healthcare has finalized its purchase of the Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville and its associated clinic operations in Johnson and Magoffin counties,...
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As first U.S. Omicron case is found, Beshear says Delta remains ‘deadly and highly contagious’ in Ky.; over 3,000 new cases today
Ky. Health News chart (click to enlarge); case numbers are from initial, unadjusted daily reports. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky saw another day of increasing coronavirus cases,...
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Why we must listen to science and get vaccinated for Covid-19
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Kevin Kavanagh Recently Medicare announced a 14.5% increase in Part B premiums, primarily driven by rising health-care costs and utilization during the pandemic. Our inability to abide by...
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As Kentucky’s pandemic numbers catch up with the holiday weekend, they jump; state’s positive-test rate is now 8.31%
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus metrics took another jump Tuesday,...
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State’s positive-test rate above 8%; Beshear and Biden say new Omicron variant creates cause for concern, but not panic
Kentucky Health News graph shows data for the last 30 days. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus in the last...
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Ky. ranks first in lung-cancer cases, and low in survival and early diagnosis, but prevention, screening and treatment are easier now
At 89 cases per 100,000 residents, Kentucky is No. 1 in the rate of new lung cancer cases. The national rate is 58. (Map from the American Lung Association 2021 State of Lung Cancer report) —–...
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Omicron could be more contagious than Delta, but experts say it’s unlikely to be completely resistant to vaccines; research needed
By Meryl Kornfield, Adela Suliman, Christine Armario and María Luisa Paúl The Washington Post A new variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 is raising concern around the world. South Africa confirmed Thursday...
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TV commercials from aging quarterbacks and others for private Medicare plans don’t tell the whole story, such as high deductibles
Joe Namath, in image from Medicare Advantage TV commercial aired in Fall 2020 —– By Trudy Lieberman It seems nothing ever changes when it comes to hawking insurance to fill...