Category: FEATURED
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Beshear defends his re-opening plans, saying, ‘We are doing it right’; state ordered 10% less vaccine this week than it could have
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Under pressure from some Republicans to lift all pandemic restrictions or to set a date to do so, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear issued an op-ed Friday...
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Medicare-Medicaid agency rated 74 Kentucky hospitals this year; 20 got one of the top two grades, 28 got one of the bottom two
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released its Hospital Quality Star Ratings for 2021, with new methodology that includes fewer Kentucky hospitals. Of the 74 Kentucky...
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Beshear lifts more capacity limits starting May 28, touts his handling of the pandemic and the state’s economic recovery
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced he will lift both indoor and outdoor capacity limits to 75 percent for businesses and events with fewer than 1,000...
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Advertising agencies’ national campaign for Covid-19 vaccination is like no other one they have ever done, and it’s still evolving
The business of persuading Americans to get a coronavirus vaccine is one of the most complex and challenging parts of the pandemic. A big part of that effort is the...
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Agriculture Commissioner Quarles calls on Beshear to set a date to reopen the state and ditch his goal of 2.5 million vaccinations
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Gov. Andy Beshear continues to call...
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Ky. poll: Most trusted sources for Covid-19 vaccine information are physicians, pharmacists and health-department directors
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News When it comes to information about coronavirus vaccines, polling in late winter showed Kentucky adults overwhelmingly trust their physicians or other health-care providers, followed...
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State cuts vaccine orders as demand falls; Beshear wants single-dose vials for doctor offices, but they probably won’t appear soon
Screenshot of state’s new vaccination dashboard; to enlarge, click on it; for the site, go here. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentuckians’ demand for coronavirus vaccines slacks off,...
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Fewer than 1,000 Covid-19 vaccinations administered Saturday; groups for and against Beshear’s pandemic orders rally at Capitol
Andrew Cooperrider, a Lexington coffee-shop owner who has led protests against Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency orders, spoke to a group of his allies in front of a “Don’t Tread on...
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Most Ky. hospitals in patient-safety survey for national nonprofit’s twice-a-year report card again get grade of C; fewer got As
Screenshot of Leapfrog page for Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana, which moved to a C from an A, shows detail for infection issues and tabs for other issues. For a larger version, click...
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New Ky. virus cases up, national ranking up, positive-test rate up; vaccinations down; masks were mainly down or absent at Derby
Masks were hard to find in the Churchill Downs infield. (New York Times photo by Christian Hansen) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Saturday’s pandemic report for Kentucky isn’t good. New...