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Hospitals seeing many more Covid-19 cases, and more of them in younger people; four systems now require employee vaccination
Kentucky Health News graph, based on data from state Department for Public Health —– This story has been updated. When the pandemic resurged in Kentucky last month, Gov. Andy Beshear said he would...
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Fauci: The vaccinated can be as infectious as the unvaccinated, so they need to wear masks indoors; pandemic will get worse
Chart by The Washington Post based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data —– As Gov. Andy Beshear issued a vaccination-promotion video with one of the latest student winners of the state’s vaccine...
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Special enrollment period for health insurance on healthcare.gov ends Aug. 15; subsidies are bigger, and more people qualify
AARP illustration —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Time is running out to sign up for low- or no-cost health insurance through the federal marketplace under the special enrollment...
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Neurosurgeon in a county at high risk from the coronavirus gets local paper to share the facts about the virus and the vaccines
Dr. Amr El-Naggar —– In a big Kentucky county with a low coronavirus vaccination rate, a critical infection rate and Covid-19 patients filling its intensive-care beds, a doctor reached out...
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Citing research showing virus is as contagious as chickenpox, Beshear again asks all schools to enforce universal masking
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Before announcing the new winners of...
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Beshear calls for universal masking in schools, following CDC; Stack calls Kentucky ‘horribly inflamed’ with coronavirus
Kentucky Health News graph, based on state’s initial, unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and Health Commissioner Steven...
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Vaccination rate of Kentucky Medicaid members is about half the overall rate; even $100 incentives seem to have little effect
Eric Friedlander, secretary of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and Gov. Andy Beshear (file photo) —– One of the biggest obstacles to protecting Kentucky from the coronavirus is...
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UK HealthCare again best Ky. hospital in U.S. News & World Report rankings; Baptist Health has two of top six in the state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report magazine. They are, in...
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With state nearing ‘critical’ level of virus spread, and some places much higher, Beshear requires all in state buildings to mask up
Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge —– Gov. Andy Beshear is requiring all state employees and visitors to state buildings to wear face coverings,...
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McConnell using his campaign funds to run pro-vaccine ads
McConnell (Reuters photo by Joshua Roberts) —– U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will use funds from his campaign to run 60-second advertisements on more than 100 radio stations in Kentucky to promote vaccination...