Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Fewer than 8% of overdose survivors are given or prescribed drugs that can block overdose and help them fight addiction
Buprenorphine is given with naloxone to stop overdose, and alone as drug treatment. —– As deaths from opioid overdoses continue to set records in Kentucky and the nation, a new study has...
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Pandemic numbers continue to tick up, especially Covid-19 hospitalizations; 53 more deaths reported, raising recent average
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky heads into a cold Thanksgiving weekend that...
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Estill County paramedic and EMS trainer is recognized as ‘Community Star’ on National Rural Health Day
Shelia Wise (LinkedIn photo) —– Shelia Wise, a paramedic and training major at Estill County EMS in Irvine, has been recognized today by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health ...
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Beshear urges ‘immediacy’ when it comes to getting a Covid-19 vaccine or booster shot, as Thanksgiving nears
Kentucky Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus infection rates in Kentucky kept inching up, Gov. Andy Beshear kept urging...
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All Ky. adults can get booster; new-case rate and hospitalizations up over 2%; cases in unmasked Warren County schools jump
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows cases increasing with colder weather. To enlarge any image, click on it; for the interactive version of this map, with local...
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Statewide pandemic metrics mostly stable, but hospital numbers keep rising; Bourbon County shifts to in-home schooling
Kentucky Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 1,821 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, raising the...
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Weekly case numbers go up 20% after falling for seven weeks; Beshear calls it a plateau, says the virus ‘is not done with us yet’
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus cases in the week ending Nov. 14...
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Independent pharmacies are closing, leaving many in ‘drugstore deserts’; 2020 Ky. law insulates them from predatory competition
Map adapted by Ky. Health News, from Mapping Health Care Deserts, a report by GoodRx.com —– “Corner pharmacies, once widespread in large cities and rural hamlets alike, are disappearing from many areas...
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Coronavirus cases remain on a high plateau, especially among kids; 70 more deaths listed Fri.; memorial service Sun. at Capitol
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial state reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As coronavirus cases in Kentucky remain on a high plateau, Kentucky reported 111 more...
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Most Ky. hospitals in national patient safety ratings got Cs again
Screenshot of Leapfrog page for Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center, which moved to a C rating after getting five Ds in a row. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A...