Category: HEALTH POLICY
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July 4 weekend worries public-health experts; more contagious variant causing outbreaks in lightly vaccinated Missouri, Arkansas
Screenshot of New York Times interactive map, from CDC new-case data; click on it to enlarge. —– Outbreaks of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus are filling up hospitals in the...
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First six vaccine lottery winners are announced; rate of new virus cases in Kentucky falls, but positive-test rate keeps going up
Winners of Kentucky’s first “Shot at a Million” lottery in Capitol rotunda (Governor’s office photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced the first winners of Kentucky’s...
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Group supports women of color seeking advanced health degrees
By Jenny Wells-Golden University of Kentucky Tyona Golden and Johnnetta Burns came to the University of Kentucky as freshmen in 2013. As two longtime friends from the South Side of Chicago, they...
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Beshear says he’ll wait for full-week data on virus case numbers to determine need for more action; 7-day avg. rose 12% in a day
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reiterated Thursday that his administration will look at calendar-week coronavirus trends when making decisions about any additional actions...
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Ky. OSHA complaints rose 45% in 2020, partly due to pandemic; issues are likely to linger as workplaces try to get back to normal
Courier Journal graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Kentucky workers filed 45 percent more occupational safety and health complaints in 2020 than in 2019, but only 8 percent of...
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Louisville-based columnist for Washington Post includes Beshear and two other governors among list of heroes of the pandemic
Govs. Andy Beshear, Mike DeWine (Ohio) and Jay Inslee (Wash.) —– By Perry Bacon The Washington Post I was relieved in 2019 when voters in Kentucky, where I live, rejected...
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Six of the state’s 61 health departments are losing their directors; pandemic made some of them delay or advance their departure
Dr. Kraig Humbaugh —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Nearly 10 percent of the state’s health departments are losing their directors, with five retiring and one resigning. And the...
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talks at Rural Health Journalism Workshop about boosting federal nutrition programs
USDA graphic; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Department of Agriculture is making sure children have enough to eat this summer, updating temporary...
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Risks of vaccines are very small, but one in four Kentucky adults think those risks outweigh the benefits of getting vaccinated
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky poll, Feb. 11-March 12, 2021; error margin +/-3.5 percentage points —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News One in four Kentucky adults told pollsters last...
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Ky. is reporting fewer than 200 new coronavirus cases per day, and the share of residents testing positive has fallen below 2%
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Leading indicators of the pandemic in Kentucky have passed...