Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Kentucky’s coronavirus infection rate jumps to 16th among the states; its 22% increase in cases the last two weeks ranks ninth
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge; interactive version is here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Thanksgiving lull is over and the pandemic...
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Pineville Community Health Center gets the first loan from a new program to help Kentucky’s struggling rural hospitals
Pineville Community Health Center (Photo from Pineville Sun-Cumberland Courier) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Pineville Community Health Center Inc. is the first health facility in Kentucky to be approved...
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As positive-test rate zooms above 9% and hospital cases surge, Beshear urges more vaccinations, boosters and caution
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted and updated by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians...
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare buys Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center, to be renamed Paintsville ARH Hospital
Mountaintop Media photo —– Appalachian Regional Healthcare has finalized its purchase of the Paul B. Hall Regional Medical Center in Paintsville and its associated clinic operations in Johnson and Magoffin counties,...
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As first U.S. Omicron case is found, Beshear says Delta remains ‘deadly and highly contagious’ in Ky.; over 3,000 new cases today
Ky. Health News chart (click to enlarge); case numbers are from initial, unadjusted daily reports. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky saw another day of increasing coronavirus cases,...
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State’s positive-test rate above 8%; Beshear and Biden say new Omicron variant creates cause for concern, but not panic
Kentucky Health News graph shows data for the last 30 days. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus in the last...
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TV commercials from aging quarterbacks and others for private Medicare plans don’t tell the whole story, such as high deductibles
Joe Namath, in image from Medicare Advantage TV commercial aired in Fall 2020 —– By Trudy Lieberman It seems nothing ever changes when it comes to hawking insurance to fill...
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Another reason to get the Covid-19 vaccine: Every case of the coronavirus is an opportunity for the virus to mutate
hopkinsmedicine.org photo —– Every case of the coronavirus — whether in an adult or a child and whether it is symptomatic or not — gives the virus another opportunity to...
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Kentucky’s coronavirus positive-test rate goes above 7%; lack of home tests will make Thanksgiving riskier than it should be
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge or here for interactive version. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky mostly plateaued Wednesday as...
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Kentucky is one of seven states to get grants from Bloomberg to fight the record-setting epidemic of opioid overdoses
Michael R. Bloomberg —– Kentucky is among seven states that will get millions of dollars from Bloomberg Philanthropies to fight the opioid-overdose epidemic. Gov. Andy Beshear announced the $10 million grant to...