Category: FEATURED
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7-day average of new coronavirus cases, most common measure of the pandemic, goes above 4,000 for the first time in Kentucky
Kentucky Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports; click on it to enlarge —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The coronavirus pandemic kept accelerating on most fronts...
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Beshear dismisses legislators’ complaints about not consulting with them on pandemic, says ‘A phone works both ways’
State health department graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge it, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Faced with a sheaf of potential laws that...
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Beshear ‘cautiously optimistic’ vaccine rollout will get up to speed and meet first goal; Stack says feds made unrealistic projections
Walgreens pharmacist Tera Hayes gave licensed practical nurse Angela Williams a coronavirus vaccine at Somerset Nursing and Rehabilitation Dec. 22. (Photo: Caleb Lowndes, Commonwealth Journal) —– Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday...
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Bills filed to let cities and counties regulate marketing and sale of tobacco products and vaping materials more strictly than state
Coalition for a Smoke-Free Tomorrow illustration —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lawmakers in both the House and Senate have filed bills to let cities and counties more strictly...
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State’s positive test rate keeps rising, to 12.45%, and 3,232 new virus cases are the most Kentucky has ever reported on a Sunday
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for the interactive version, click here. County infection rates including Sunday’s updated data are on the state’s daily report, available here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky...
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Webinar shows worries about youth mental health in pandemic; last in series, on vaping and substance abuse, is at 2 ET Monday
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The fourth of five webinars about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focuses on youth mental health, especially in response to the...
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GOP-run legislature passes six bills in first five days of session, four to limit governor’s powers in the middle of a pandemic
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In rare Saturday meetings, the Kentucky General Assembly’s Republican supermajorities passed six of their priority bills, four aimed at limiting Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s...
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2 anti-abortion bills are sent again to Beshear, who vetoed them last year as time ran out; opponents still say neither is necessary
Rep Joseph Fischer —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Two abortion-related bills are on their way to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk. One would require “medically appropriate and reasonable life-saving...
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Kentucky reports 300,000th case of the novel coronavirus, outbreaks at prisons; Beshear again warns about new legislation
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic’s latest surge in Kentucky put the state over 300,000 cases of the novel coronavirus, and the positive-test rate moved above 12...
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Last 3 days are highest in new-case numbers, and positive-test rate stays high; that and legislation spark concern from Beshear
Ky. Health News graph, based on unadjusted initial daily reports from Dept. for Public Health —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of new coronavirus cases in Kentucky...