Category: FEATURED
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State reports 1,002 new coronavirus cases, but hospitalizations decline for second day and positive-test rate falls slightly
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Two months ago, a report that Kentucky had more than 1,000 new cases of the coronavirus for the second straight day would have sparked...
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Fleming County football game stopped for lack of masks on fans
Fleming County (Wikipedia map) —– A middle-school football game in Fleming County was interrupted Thursday night because spectators were not wearing masks and keeping six feet apart. Supt. Brian Creasman said...
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Being outdoors doesn’t mean you’re safe from the coronavirus
White House Rose Garden ceremony (Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images) —– By Thomas A. Russo Professor and Chief, Infectious Disease, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State...
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More counties will have two insurers to choose from when open enrollment for federally subsidized health plans starts Nov. 1
Kentucky Health News map, based on CareSource information. It will offer all of its 12 health-insurance plans in other counties; Anthem will offer at least one of its 13 plans...
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Group of primary-care clinics in east-central Kentucky picked for national pilot project to improve at-home health care
White House Clinics operates in five counties. —– A group of community health centers in east-central Kentucky will participate a national pilot project to transform at-home health care. The National Association of...
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State gets $82,000 and safeguards in settlement for 2014 data breach at hospitals in Paintsville, Louisa, Jackson and Fulton
The Commonwealth of Kentucky will get $82,345 as part of a nearly $5 million multi-state settlement with Tennessee-based Community Health Systems for a 2014 data-security breach that affected the personal information of...
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In wake of Michigan arrests, Beshear says militia groups won’t intimidate him; seeks new-case decline to avoid more restrictions
Kentucky Health News graph, based on state health department reports —– By Al Cross and Lisa GillespieKentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said his actions to fight the rising coronavirus...
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Beshear: Some local officials will enforce mask mandate, while others will only encourage; Fayette case backlog makes a record
Beshear wore a mask throughout the briefing and said in reply to a question that doing so might be a good example. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov....
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Beshear asks mayors, county judge-executives to help enforce mask mandate; says he expects they will, ‘even though it is hard’
Table from White House Coronavirus Task Force report; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,054 new cases of the novel...
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Beshear to step up enforcement of mask mandate, says more would obey it if Trump wore one; criticizes the president’s tweet
State Department for Public Health graph, relabeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News In response to an escalation in coronavirus case numbers, Gov. Andy Beshear and his...