Category: FEATURED
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Kentucky ditches federal exchange and moves back to Kynect, which will have two more insurers and its first vision-care plan
Cabinet for Health and Family Services map, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is reopening Kynect, the state’s health-insurance exchange, as the portal for Kentuckians...
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As emergency rooms fill up across the country, two doctors give guidance on what to consider before going to an ER
Waiting in an emergency department (RogerStanmore.com) —– Emergency rooms across the country are overrun, largely due to Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases, and people who go to ERs face long wait...
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Beshear sees ‘rays of hope’ but says Kentucky hospitals are still struggling and need an even steeper decline in cases
State Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said he sees “rays of hope” in Kentucky’s pandemic trends, but...
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Reports of anti-vaccine preachers spur weekly newspaper to use its ‘bully pulpit’ and forswear ‘neutrality in times of moral crisis’
The Press spotlighted the Covid-19 deaths of a local couple. —– Many Kentucky newspapers are making extra efforts to increase vaccination against the coronavirus, by fighting misinformation with the facts,...
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Most Ky. pandemic metrics down; CDC urges pregnant women to get vaccinated; 1 in 3 with Covid-19 report long-lasting effects
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most measures of the pandemic in Kentucky dropped again Friday, but the numbers remain high overall and the newly reported deaths included two people...
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Covid-19 shots are proven effective at preventing hospitalization, but unvaccinated Republicans in national poll don’t think so
Gallup Inc. graph, with “correct answer” note added by Kentucky Health News —– Kentucky Health News Covid-19 vaccinations prevent severe illness and hospitalizations, but a recent national poll finds that...
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October is Audiology Awareness Month, and hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians could benefit from hearing aids
October is National Audiology Awareness Month, and the state Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is urging the public to be aware of the importance of good hearing health and...
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As hospital numbers keep falling, Senate again calls for special session on staffing shortages; Beshear says more work needed
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph shows relative risk of coronavirus infection. To enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State Senate President Robert Stivers sent Gov. Andy...
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‘I have never seen anything like it’ in 40 years of hospital work, says administrator of Morehead hospital, still overrrun
Kentucky hospitals have seen fewer cases of Covid-19 lately, but the number who are in intensive care, with the majority of those on mechanical ventilation, still pose major challenges for...
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Covid-19 deaths in Kentucky are at record levels, as new coronavirus cases remain on a plateau and positive-test rate falls
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 82 more deaths from Covid-19 Wednesday, the most in a single day. The state’s death toll from the coronavirus disease is now...