Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Judge issues order blocking 1 of 3 new laws limiting governor’s powers, calling it ‘a clear and present danger to public health’
Judge Phillip Shepherd —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A Frankfort judge has blocked the effects of one of the three laws that the state legislature passed, over Gov....
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Advocates say restoring local governments’ ability to regulate marketing and sale of tobacco products would fight youth ‘vaping’
Rep. Kim Moser —– Giving local governments the ability to regulate tobacco products would help limit young people’s use of the products, which youth say have increased during the pandemic,...
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Legislature overrides vetoes of three bills limiting governor’s emergency powers; Beshear files lawsuit to nullify those new laws
The Kentucky House of Representatives (Courier Journal photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The legislature’s Republican supermajority flexed its muscle Tuesday and overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes of six...
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UK starting to offer diabetes prevention program through local extension agents trained to deliver it; first one was successful
Downloadable chart explains diabetes prevention program used by University of Kentucky. —– By Katie Pratt University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky is helping prediabetic Kentuckians prevent or delay developing type 2...
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Legislators tell Beshear they’ll talk with him after votes to override vetoes; he says ‘See you in court,’ warns of fourth surge in cases
Department for Public Health graph, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The dispute between Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear...
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Sharp drop in hospital cases led the way Sunday, as every measure of the pandemic in Kentucky declined, but variants loom
Ky. Health News graph; case average from initial, unadjusted daily reports; click it to enlarge —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Every common measure of the pandemic in Kentucky...
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Gray works to create high-volume regional vaccination centers in anticipation of the day when there is an abundance of supply
Transportation Secretary Jim Gray —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News State Transportation Secretary Jim Gray manages a $2.2 billion budget and has been president of an international construction firm,...
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Pandemic numbers mostly down Saturday, but positive-test rate rises for first time in 13 days; 2-week daily death average also up
Ky. Health News chart; state data; virus case numbers are from unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Most metrics of the pandemic continued to decline...
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As Ky. positive-test rate keeps falling, but death trend keeps rising, feds say new virus variants make vaccinations more urgent
Johnson & Johnson has completed studies of its one-shot vaccine and is expected to ask the FDA for emergency-use authority late next week. (Photo by Dado Ruvic, Reuters) —– By Al Cross...
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Beware of misinformation about vaccines from folks with agendas
Photo by Joe Raedle, Getty Images —– “Anti-vaccine groups are exploiting the suffering and death of people who happen to fall ill after receiving a covid shot, threatening to undermine...