Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Beshear ‘cautiously optimistic’ vaccine rollout will get up to speed and meet first goal; Stack says feds made unrealistic projections
Walgreens pharmacist Tera Hayes gave licensed practical nurse Angela Williams a coronavirus vaccine at Somerset Nursing and Rehabilitation Dec. 22. (Photo: Caleb Lowndes, Commonwealth Journal) —– Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday...
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16 Ky. counties lack pharmacies in HHS vaccine distribution plan
Nonmetropolitan county HHS vaccination partnership pharmacy availability RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy and Analysis map; click on the image to enlarge it. —– Almost one-third of America’s rural counties, including...
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Plans made to increase pace of vaccinations and who’s next in line to get it; meanwhile, cases and positive-test rates increase
Revised version of chart presented by Gov. Andy Beshear during press conference Monday —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and the state’s top doctor announced Monday...
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Pandemic shows the picture of health in America is not so rosy
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service For end-of-the-year columns, it’s customary to recap the events of the past 12 months, usually highlighting a mix of the good and the...
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Kentucky Primary Care Association announces directors, officers
Jack Miniard The Kentucky Primary Care Association has installed a new board of directors. Members serve three-year terms, officers for one year. The new president of the board of Jack Miniard, CEO...
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Omnibus relief bill includes ban on mail sales of e-cigarette products; FedEx will not handle shipments after March 1
The catch-all bill to keep the government open, provide pandemic relief and do many other things includes a ban on mail shipments of electronic-cigarette products, and apply federal laws on...
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Legislation to fix surprise medical billing won’t apply to ground ambulances, but may produce data that will spur their inclusion
The congressional fix for surprise medical bills, contained in the legislation to keep the government open, provide pandemic relief and do many other things, does not apply to ground ambulances, which...
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More Ky. hospitals got As on safety-grade report; most still get Cs
Screenshot of Laepfrog page for Whitesburg ARH Hospital, which got a C, shows detail for infection issues and tabs for other issues. For a larger version of the image, click on...
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Beshear announces most Covid-19 deaths yet in one day, 54; hospitalizations and ventilator use are also at all-time highs
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state announced more deaths, by far, from Covid-19 on...
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7-day average of new virus cases drops again, but ICUs have more patients than ever, and 23 more are dead from Covid-19
Kentucky Health News graph; new-case numbers are unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky’s seven-day average of new coronavirus cases fell for the fifth...