Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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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...
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New cases of the coronavirus remain high in Kentucky; state reports 70 more Covid-19 deaths, including a 16-year-old
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsThe metrics used to measure the pandemic in...
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As coronavirus cases increase, so do hospitalizations and deaths
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic continued to accelerate in Kentucky yesterday, especially in hospitals...
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Every Covid-19 indicator in Kentucky is up; hospital cases rose 52% in last month; but vaccinations are outpacing new cases
Ky. Health News graph (virus cases based on initial, unadjusted reports); click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As every metric used to measure the...
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Pikeville Medical Center now includes Eastern Kentucky’s first hospital for children, thanks to federal grants and donors
Outpatient examination room in hospital (Photo by Silas Walker, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Pikeville Medical Center has opened the first children’s hospital in Eastern Kentucky. The 13,400-square-foot facility, with 10 child-themed patient rooms...