Category: FEATURED
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As state heads into a long holiday weekend, new-case average keeps ticking up but Beshear emphasizes recent successes
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s averages of recent coronavirus cases and deaths continued to increase slightly Wednesday, but the percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus continued...
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Beshear says people 75 and older have “compelling argument” to get virus vaccine after nursing homes and health-care workers
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians 75 and older have a “very compelling argument” to be among those next in line to get vaccines for the novel coronavirus, Gov....
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Work on successful lawsuit against changes in Medicaid earns Rich Seckel the Gil Friedell Healthy Policy Champion award
Rich Seckel —– UPDATE, Dec. 21: Seckel was named the Gil Friedell Health Policy Champion award, which comes with a $5,000 grant to a Kentucky-based nonprofit of his choice. (The original...
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Kentucky shows little improvement in America’s Health Rankings; we’re getting less exercise, and diabetes has increased
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky again ranks near the bottom in two big health measures: 48th for health behaviors and 46th for health outcomes, according to the America’s Health Rankings report from...
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McConnell puts fix for ‘surprise billing’ problem in must-pass bill
The massive bill to keep the government open and provide $900 billion in pandemic relief also includes a compromise solution to the nagging problem of “surprise billing” in health care,...
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Moderna vaccine arrives in Kentucky; 26 deaths push 7- and 14-day means to new highs; Congress finalizes $900 billion relief bill
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the second coronavirus vaccine arrived in Kentucky, new cases and hospitalizations for Covid-19 kept falling, but 26 more deaths continued a surge. The...
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Graphic warnings for cigarette packs and ads postponed again
Food and Drug Administration illustration of some proposed labels —- A judge has given cigarette manufacturers until Jan. 14, 2022 to place graphic warning labels on their traditional cigarette packs,...
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Governor finalizes school reopening rules, makes them only advisory for private schools; all pandemic metrics down for day
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the novel coronavirus ebbed slightly in...
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More Ky. hospitals got As on safety-grade report; most still get Cs
Screenshot of Laepfrog page for Whitesburg ARH Hospital, which got a C, shows detail for infection issues and tabs for other issues. For a larger version of the image, click on...
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Plain talk’s understood: ‘Snot and spit … spread infection,’ health chief says as he advises us to ‘hunker down’ during the holidays
White House task force graph shows national numbers; Kentucky’s trends have been similar. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases in Kentucky appear to have plateaued, but infection...