Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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New-case average drops a bit, but daily number is still the sixth highest; Covid-19 hospitalizations rise 4.3% to almost 2,100
State Cabinet for Health and Family Services chart, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows in red the hospital-readiness regions that are using more than 80% of their intensive-care beds; click to enlarge....
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Health portion of Beshear’s budget would help nursing homes, fund training and retention of nurses; mental health, and more
Lerae Wilson of St. Claire Regional Medical Center (Image from video) —– Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear previewed the health portion of his budget plan Wednesday, with new...
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Daily new cases of the coronavirus in Ky. set a record, at 11,232; hospitals, schools and communities are strained, Beshear says
Ky. Health News graph; cases are from initial, unadjusted daily reports. (Click on it to enlarge.) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic kept surging in Kentucky Wednesday, as...
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Pandemic still setting records in Kentucky; more than 1 in 4 who get tested are positive; hospitals and schools are disrupted
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus cases continued to skyrocket Tuesday, and the...
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Kynect health-insurance open enrollment extended to Jan. 31
Map shows choice of health insurance companies offering federally subsidized plans in each county. —– The deadline to sign up for federally subsidized health insurance through kynect.ky.gov , the state’s online portal,...
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Over 1 in 4 Kentuckians tested for coronavirus are positive; hospitals filling up with Covid-19 patients, get National Guard help
State Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Omicron variant surges across Kentucky,...
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Kynect health-insurance open enrollment ends Saturday, Jan. 15
Map shows choice of health insurance companies offering federally subsidized plans in each county. —– Saturday, Jan. 15, is the last day for Kentuckians to sign up for federally subsidized...
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Cap on insulin costs takes effect, but for fewer than 1/3 of Kentuckians; Biden bill would cover them all but its fate is in doubt
Reps. Patti Minter and Danny Bentley saw Gov. Andy Beshear sign their insulin price limit bill into law last March. (Screenshot) —– Jan. 1 was the effective date of a new...
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Ky. doesn’t just break the 10,000 new-case mark, it goes over 11,000; Covid-19 hospitalizations up by nearly half in last 2 weeks
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers are from initial, unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky shattered its recently set records...
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America’s Health Rankings provide a snapshot of Kentucky’s health challenges, but also of its recent progress
Kentucky page of report from United Health Foundation; to enlarge or download, click on it. —– By Ben Chandler Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky As we move into another year, the...