Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Kentucky’s Covid-19 positivity rate (not including home tests) is now 15.75% but hospital numbers and deaths remain low
Kentucky Health News graph from state data; click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Ky. Health News Even as the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus last week...
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National report highlights challenges rural hospitals face as they move out of the pandemic, offers federal policy solutions
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital, before it closed —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Federal pandemic money helped to shore up rural hospitals as they worked to care for...
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CDC says Covid-19 risk is high in 43 counties and medium in 35; transmission levels are high in 111, and Beshear advises caution
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The number of Kentucky counties on the federal Covid-19 risk map continues to increase, with almost two-thirds estimated...
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Registration for July 14 Rural Health Journalism Workshop in Chattanooga is open through July 7; pay no more than $30
The Association of Health Care Journalists is hosting a Rural Health Journalism Workshop on July 14 in Chattanooga for its members, and it’s easy to join and attend. This year marks the...
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In Morehead is an example of what the pandemic taught hospitals
St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead —– With the pandemic no longer stressing them, rural hospitals in Kentucky are reflecting on what it taught them. Liz Carey of The Daily...
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Ky. Covid-19 cases and positivity rate increased last week, but hospital numbers kept nearly stable and deaths hit 11-month low
Graph by Kentucky Health News from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While most of Kentucky’s pandemic metrics went up last week,...
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Covid-19 cases in Kentucky dropped 41% last week, after two weeks of steep increases; hospitalizations and deaths remain low
National Geographic map, adapted by Kentucky Health News, shows high infection rates during the last two weeks in McCracken, Boyle and Montgomery counties; for a larger version, click on it. —–...
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UK buying site on I-75 for an additional hospital and other facilities
The University of Kentucky announced Friday morning that it plans to buy about 27 acres at Winchester Road and Interstate 75 in southeast Lexington for an additional hospital. The UK Board of...
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Beshear appoints panel to advise him on how to make medical cannabis available; it will meet Monday, June 20, in Frankfort
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear has appointed a committee to advise him on how to provide access to medical cannabis for Kentuckians suffering from chronic pain...
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Ky. health-system performance ranked 41st, Covid-19 response 49th; highest hospitalization rate, relatively low vaccination rate
Chart from 2022 Scorecard on State Health System Performance, The Commonwealth Fund —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky ranks 41st among the states and Washington, D.C. in the...