Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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UK names Dr. Jay Grider its first chief physician executive
Dr. Jay Grider has been named chief physician executive at UK HealthCare after serving as interim CPE since the position was created in September 2019. It is responsible for the overall strategic...
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Record numbers of coronavirus cases prompts ‘new requirements that are going to be mandatory,’ Beshear says; could it be masks?
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 402 new cases of the coronavirus Wednesday. That was the highest number yet identified on a single day, for the second straight...
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Pandemic, job losses and easy eligibility push Medicaid enrollment in Kentucky to a record high
More Kentuckians than ever are on Medicaid, due to job losses caused by the pandemic and the resulting relaxation of eligibility rules for the program, John Cheves reports for the Lexington Herald-Leader. “After...
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State reports 371 coronavirus cases, most found in a day; masks required in W.Va., Cincinnati and Tenn. county; Fauci endorses it
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 371 new cases of the coronavirus Tuesday, the most ever found on one day, and that pushed the seven-day rolling average to...
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Virus cases still on plateau, but hospitalizations and intensive-care usage are up; Beshear and McConnell both say, wear a mask!
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 268 new cases of the coronavirus Monday, and about as many for each day of the holiday weekend, bringing its seven-day rolling...
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Ky. Chamber of Commerce starts campaign to help substance abusers, develop recovery-friendly work environments and more
One of the major obstacles to dealing with substance abuse is the stigma it still has among many people, so the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce says it has launched a major effort...
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Cases, hospitalizations and ICU cases jump; judge blocks limits on day-care centers; map rates risk based on recent cases
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus Friday, one of the highest daily numbers yet, and four additional deaths, raising the state’s pandemic death toll...
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First graduates from federally funded UK program to build workforce to address substance-use disorder are at work
Getty Images —– By Lindsey Piercy and Kaitlin Brooks University of Kentucky The first students to participate in program aimed at combating Kentucky’s opioid epidemic have graduated and gone to...
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Cases remain stable, as daily number equals 7-day average; Cameron trying to join suit against Beshear’s business restrictions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing 220 new cases and seven new deaths from the novel coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear again stressed that it is up to Kentuckians...
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Officials warn Kentuckians to follow rules, to keep economy open; Beshear says spike could bring a mask order or ‘surgical’ moves
Kentucky Health News chart; hospitalizations are not reported on weekends. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With every business in Kentucky reopened this week at some capacity, Gov. Andy...