Category: HEALTH BUSINESS
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Seven-day average of cases is stable; Quarles and agri-tourism farm sue Beshear; blood donations needed in Central Kentucky
Kentucky Health News chart; seven-day average is for that day and preceding six days —– Kentucky reported 117 new cases of the coronavirus Monday, pushing its seven-day rolling average slightly...
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Hospitals say they need more federal money to offset pandemic losses; trying public-service spot to get people to come in for care
Kentucky Hospital Association and Kentucky Medical Association public-service announcement —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The coronavirus pandemic cost Kentucky hospitals $1.6 billion from March to June, and more...
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Cases keep trending up; long-term-care visits will come with restrictions; Ky. researchers developing masks that attack virus
Video from Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander runs 5 minutes and 35 seconds. —– If you plan to visit a long-term-care facility in Kentucky as visitation reopens,...
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New cases drive up Ky. seven-day average for fifth straight day; Republican senators want Trump to get in the fight, wear a mask
Kentucky Health News chart shows daily cases for last two weeks and 7-day average for each day. —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state reported...
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Anthem and Passport appeal Beshear administration’s decision kicking them out of state’s Medicaid business as of Jan. 1
By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Passport Health Plan and Anthem Kentucky, twice denied by different governors the chance to keep managing Medicaid coverage for many Kentuckians, are appealing again. Enrollees with...
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State health chief tells Kentuckians who’ve been to Myrtle Beach to self-quarantine; some long-term-care visitation to resume Mon.
By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As it reported 280 more coronavirus cases in Kentucky, the state Department for Public Health issued an advisory to Kentuckians who had traveled in the...
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Beshear, McConnell release list of 54 Ky. hospitals getting $383 million, 3/4 of it federal, settling their suit over state Medicaid rates
Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have released a list of 54 hospitals in Kentucky that will get $383 million in state and federal money from the settlement...
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Rural stroke survival rates worse, partly because rural hospitals don’t quickly transfer patients to bigger hospitals
Pictured is an MRI of blood vessels in the brain. (Washington University) —– Rural stroke patients have less access to newer treatments and substantially higher mortality rates than their urban...
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Covid-19 update: Estimated coronavirus transmission rate in Kentucky stable at safe level; state’s rate is 30th highest in nation
Estimates of coronavirus transmission rates by the RT.live website illustrate Kentucky’s differences with two bordering states to the north and one of the states in the South, where cases and estimated rates are...
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As state nears final phase of reopening, Beshear and state’s health commissioner say its success will depend on Kentuckians continuing to follow guidelines, especially mask wearing
Kentucky Health News Chart shows daily cases trending slightly downward in the last two weeks. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 90...