Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Pandemic roundup: Ky. ranks 29th in full vaccination; U of L Health to require staff shots; daily new-case average below 400
Chart of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by The Washington Post —– Kentucky ranks 29th among the states in percentage of population fully vaccinated for the coronavirus and...
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Pandemic metrics, still tilting down, pass more milestones
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Measures of the pandemic passed more milestones in Kentucky...
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Chamber, UK school starting public-policy series with discussion of health differences and disparities between rural and urban Ky.
The health disparities between rural and urban Kentucky, and differences in health-care access and delivery, will be discussed in the first of a new series of public-policy webinars sponsored by...
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Beshear says Ky. data prove vaccines work; asks younger Kentuckians, who make up most new cases, to get vaccinated
Graphic by The Washington Post is updated daily. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At his only announced pandemic press briefing of the week, Gov. Andy Beshear shared Kentucky data that shows...
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Places with more uninsured had more Covid-19 cases, deaths; Ky. did well; its Medicaid rolls grew more than all but 2 states’
Chart by Dustin Pugel, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News People living in communities with high rates of uninsured...
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Kentucky’s 7-day average of daily new coronavirus cases is below 500 for first time in 10 months; positive-test rate keeps falling
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s seven-day average of new coronavirus cases...
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As Covid-19 metrics slowly trend down, we can talk about the end of the pandemic, but that’s a somewhat fuzzy concept
WebMD image —– For more than a year, people have pondered when the coronavirus pandemic would be over. A firm answer to that question depends on many factors, but several...
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Approval of coronavirus vaccines for children under 12 could take months; no rush needed unless a bad variant arises, experts say
“Experts say it’s a no-brainer for adults and adolescents to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. But for younger kids, the case isn’t as clear-cut,” reports Alexandra Ellerbeck of The Washington Post. When the Centers for...
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CDC urges health-care providers to open coronavirus vaccine vials even if doses will go to waste; it’s a boon for rural areas
Colton James Edwards, a student at Tusculum University in Tusculum, Tennessee, receives a COVID-19 shot at Plateau Pediatrics in Crossville. Nationwide, more pediatricians are expected to start offering COVID-19 vaccinations....
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Ky. has three weeks of declining coronavirus cases and positive-test rates; Beshear implores people under 50 to get vaccinated
Ky. Dept. for Public Health chart, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear says he is...