Category: FEATURED
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Legislature heads home after passing rural-hospital bill with provision senators say lets Beshear buy all anti-virus gear needed
Rep. Danny Bentley, Sen. Stephen Meredith (Melissa Patrick photo) —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News In its waning hours Wednesday, the General Assembly passed a bill to...
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Two more anti-abortion bills pass in the legislature’s final hours; any vetoes by Beshear can’t be overridden
Kentucky’s only abortion clinic often sees protests. (CNN) —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As it headed home Wednesday night, the Republican-run legislature sent Democratic Gov. Andy...
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Protesters make themselves heard at Beshear’s daily briefing; three who got quarantine notices at Bullitt church sue him
Protesters stood on the back lawn of the Capitol before gathering at the windows of Gov. Andy Beshear’s briefing room and shouting as he spoke. (Photo by Daniel Desrochers, Lexington Herald-Leader)...
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‘Prolonged or intermittent’ social-distancing measures are likely to be needed, perhaps until 2022, Harvard researchers say
“Prolonged or intermittent” social-distancing measures may be needed until 2022, to keep resurgent cases of covid-19 from overwhelming the U.S. health-care system, says a study by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School...
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Beshear says legislators looking to pass law to help some trades reopen are putting ‘monetary interests’ ahead of public health
Gov. Andy Beshear as he said legislators weren’t setting “a very good example.” (Facebook screenshot) —– By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsDemocratic Gov. Andy Beshear says legislative leaders are putting “monetary interests”...
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Update: Beshear pleads for more protective gear, notes first death of a long-term-care worker from covid-19, says ‘They’re heroes, too’
Morgan Stanley model (via Financial Times and Vox) predicts a second wave; to enlarge, click on it. —– As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be...
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Trump says he has power, political if not actual, to ‘open up the states’; but Beshear says, ‘In this state, the buck stops with me’
As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be updated. Official state guidance is at https://kycovid19.ky.gov. By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health...
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Morgantown nursing home has largest coronavirus outbreak at a Ky. long-term facility, 51 cases; same owner has Nos. 2 and 3
Morgantown Care & Rehabilitation Center is the only nursing home in Butler County. —– This story has been updated with information about Signature HealthCare locations. The largest outbreak so far...
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Latest models for Ky. virus impact vary; county projections made
Enlargement of CovidActNow map; projections are not available for counties in gray. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Projections of covid-19’s impact on Kentucky continue to vary, but one...
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Police tell those at in-person church services to self-quarantine for 14 days; Kroger to start free testing for Ky. seniors and others
State police put these notices on windshields of vehicles at Maryville Baptist Church in Hillview. (Courier Journal photo) —– As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease,...