Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Massie leads ‘Freedom Rally’ that includes man who says his wife, a UK hospital worker, will quit her job rather than get a shot
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, left, and state Rep. Josh Calloway spoke at the rally. (Courier Journal photo by Scott Utterback) —– Opponents of restrictions to fight the coronavirus pandemic, led by Fourth District U.S....
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More than half of state’s acute-care hospitals report critical staff shortages; 7-day average of new coronavirus cases sets a record
Ky. Health News graph; daily cases from initial, unadjusted reports. For a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Before celebrating the...
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State has second highest number of new cases; 1/3 of hospitals critically short of staff; Beshear says Ky. in ‘uncharted territory’
Screenshot of KHN-adapted New York Times map; for interactive version, with local data, click here. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As Kentucky hospitals struggle with enough beds and...
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Morehead hospital is so desperate for staff that it may put coronavirus-positive nurses back to work, in its Covid-19 units
Drs. Adam Howard and William Melahn (St. Claire photo) —– St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead is so desperate for staff that it may bring back to work nurses who have...
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Today: 65 deaths reported, 2nd most of pandemic; 4,849 new cases, 3rd most; hospital and positive-test numbers at new highs
State Department for Public Health data and table, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. Some hospitals have staffing shortages, so not all beds are available. —–...
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UofL Health-Jewish Hospital team is second in U.S. to implant a new type of artificial heart; Indiana man ‘doing well’ after 5 days
Mark Slaughter, M.D. (University of Louisville photo) —– The University of Louisville announced Wednesday that UofL Health-Jewish Hospital had implanted a new type of artificial heart in a Southern Indiana man, making it the second...
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Vaccination needed to keep hospitals from being overrun, they say; Beshear says he’s considering another mask mandate
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky keeps surging faster, so “At this rate we...
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Covid-19 patients in ICUs set record; worse than it seems due to staff shortages, likely to worsen due to misinformation, Stack says
Cartoon by Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the number of Kentucky Covid-19 patients in intensive care set a record...
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Medicare and Medicaid will require nursing homes to make staff get a shot or lose funding; Ky. has 6th lowest staff vaccination rate
Health-care worker getting vaccinated. Temple Health photo —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Biden administration announced Wednesday that all nursing homes who get Medicare and Medicaid payments must...
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Financial troubles may make Letcher County Health Department vacate the multi-million-dollar building it opened 12 years ago
Letcher County Health Department (Mountain Eagle photo) —– By Sam Adams The Mountain Eagle An unwillingness to raise tax rates, a declining tax base, reduction in federal and state funding, and...