Category: HEALTH POLICY
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State cuts vaccine orders as demand falls; Beshear wants single-dose vials for doctor offices, but they probably won’t appear soon
Screenshot of state’s new vaccination dashboard; to enlarge, click on it; for the site, go here. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentuckians’ demand for coronavirus vaccines slacks off,...
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Fewer than 1,000 Covid-19 vaccinations administered Saturday; groups for and against Beshear’s pandemic orders rally at Capitol
Andrew Cooperrider, a Lexington coffee-shop owner who has led protests against Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency orders, spoke to a group of his allies in front of a “Don’t Tread on...
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For second time, judge throws out Medicaid contracts that govern care for 1 in 3 Kentuckians, faulting state bidding process
For the second time, a Frankfort judge has thrown out the state’s $8 billion in Medicaid managed-care contracts, saying many irregularities in the second round of bidding “cast a cloud...
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As case numbers and positive-test rate rise, and Derby looms, Beshear cautions, ‘Mask up when you’re inside or in large groups’
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Heading into Kentucky Derby weekend, a time for gatherings,...
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FDA announces plan to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars within the next year; likely to be a long process
Menthol cigarettes (New England Public Media photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Food and Drug Administration announced a plan Thursday to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars within the...
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As coronavirus vaccines keep falling short of goals in Kentucky, businesses step up with incentives to nudge Kentuckians along
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus vaccination rates in Kentucky remain slow, with only 9,504 shots given yesterday, and only 12% of the state’s available shots given in the...
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Coronavirus vaccinations and cases continue to slow in Kentucky
Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Vaccinations for the coronavirus in Kentucky continue...
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New federal guidelines will let almost all providers prescribe buprenorphine for opioid-use disorder, a boon to rural Kentucky
Photo by Oregon Health & Science University —– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it will allow most medical providers to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid-use disorder without being...
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Vaccination demand plummets for second week in a row; state used only 39% of the vaccine doses it received last week
Kentucky Health News chart from state Dept. for Public Health data; dates are beginning of weeks. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky used less than 40 percent of the coronavirus...
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Beshear lifts outdoor mask mandate, says ‘We will probably do things more incrementally;’ Johnson & Johnson vaccine returns
State Department for Public Health chart, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With all of the coronavirus metrics on a plateau...