Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Medicare-certified nursing homes will open to visitors Monday; guidelines criticized; 1C vaccine category qualifications expanded
Screenshot of interactive New York Times map shows in black counties that have had more than 250 new coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents in the last seven days. Lyon County is highest, and adjoining...
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Beshear: ‘We are going to get back to a normal’ that he hopes is kinder and gentler; Rocky Adkins: ‘Let’s not kick it out of bounds’
Gov. Andy Beshear spoke with Bernard Ingram as he got a shot in Russell, near Ashland. (State photo) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the pandemic continued to wane,...
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Visits to nursing-home residents will be allowed soon
A nursing-home resident in Kirkland, Wash., who had tested positive for the coronavirus, blew a kiss to her son-in-law and daughter early in the pandemic. (Photo by Ted Warren, The Associated Press)...
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Share of Kentuckians testing positive for coronavirus falls below 4%, but Ky. testing for variants lags; Beshear says ‘stay vigilant’
Screenshot of interactive CDC map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows 507 Ky. virus cases have had genomic sequencing to identify variant strains, some of which are more contagious than normal. —–...
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39% in Ky. had symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder Feb. 3-15; community mental health centers can help them
Steve Shannon —– By Steve Shannon Kentucky Association of Regional Programs The hurt is real for the people of Kentucky and across the globe. The mental anguish of isolation, remote...
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Guidance for vaccinated is a yellow light, not a green one, officials say, warning that we’re still in a race with more contagious strains
State Dept. for Public Health graph, relabeled by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News Federal health officials’ new guidance for people fully vaccinated...
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CDC issues guidance for fully vaccinated people
WHAS-TV image —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines Monday for people who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, saying they can...
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With just six days left in Kentucky’s short legislative session, many health-related bills are near final passage; here’s a roundup
One bill deals with retailing of syringes. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just six days left in the General Assembly’s short, odd-year session, many health-related bills remain...
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Positive-test rate rises; state has more new cases than last Sun.
State Department for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; click it to enlarge —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The waning of the pandemic slowed in Kentucky Sunday, illustrating public-health...
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On anniversary of pandemic’s arrival in Ky., Beshear vows to ‘fight aggressively until this virus is beaten,’ says it will be this year
Tanya Smith of Louisville, widow of Covid-19 victim Rev. Dr. Greg Smith, said “Stay strong, Kentucky. We are in this together and we will get through this together.” —– By Al Cross...