Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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As highly contagious Omicron variant becomes dominant in U.S., Beshear says Ky. cases will rise and he will watch hospitalizations
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —- By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Cases of the coronavirus cases and the share of...
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Omicron variant, one of most contagious ever, seen in 4 counties; Beshear urges vaccines, boosters, masking, caution for holidays
Reuters graphic —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The highly contagious Omicron Covid-19 variant has been identified in Kenton, Campbell, Fayette and Jefferson counties, prompting Gov. Andy Beshear to...
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Ky. coronavirus cases trickle down as positive-test rate inches up; Beshear reports state’s first case from Omicron variant
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– UPDATE: The first case of the coronavirus from the highly contagious Omicron variant has...
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Virus cases still lag, but Beshear says a surge is coming, and its size will depend on how many people get booster shots
Times of India illustration —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus takes hold in some areas of the country, Gov. Andy Beshear says...
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New coronavirus cases in Kentucky continue slow decline, but hospitals’ Covid-19 numbers are still going up, and ICUs are filling
Ky. Cabinet for Health and Family Services table, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsFor the eighth consecutive day, Kentucky saw a...
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New coronavirus cases in Ky. down 6.6% in the last seven days
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has seen a slight daily decline in coronavirus...
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Tornadoes leave health issues, Beshear says; state’s 14-day average of Covid-19 deaths is 53.5 per day, the highest yet
Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows case numbers flat; click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The tornadoes that ripped through Western Kentucky...
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As Covid-19 numbers remain high but steady, hospital numbers keep creeping up 2% a day; deaths are up 75% in the last month
Cabinet for Health and Family Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky’s coronavirus numbers continue to...
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Beshear declares emergency to help get more students into nursing schools to relieve state’s ‘dire’ shortage of nurses
Nurse Cydney Kanis at Baptist Health Lexington (Photo by Alex Slitz, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear declared an emergency Thursday, allowing the state to take special...
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UofL Health to retire loan used to buy Jewish Hospital and other facilities of defunct KentuckyOne Health in four years, not 15
Jewish Hospital has kept its name but is now clearly a subsidiary to the UofL Health brand. (UofL photo) —– The University of Louisville‘s hospital operations are doing so well that UofL Health had adopted an...