Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Nationwide, progress against coronavirus has stalled, and variants loom, suggesting a fourth wave of cases is possible
Chart from Axios; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Sam Baker, Axios Republished with permission The U.S. may be on the verge of another surge in coronavirus...
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Relief-and-stimulus bill includes major changes in Obamacare
By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News Stimulus checks. Funding for vaccines. Larger unemployment checks. Money to open schools. All these are features of the coronavirus relief-and-stimulus package that passed the...
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With supply of new J&J vaccine to be boosted by Merck deal, Beshear says state may need FEMA help to get doses in arms
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers are from unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News President Biden announced Tuesday that there will...
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Franklin Circuit judge issues injunction blocking three new laws the legislature passed to limit the governor’s emergency powers
Judge Phillip Shepherd —– A Frankfort judge has blocked three laws the legislature passed to limit Gov. Andy Beshear’s emergency powers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd’s...
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Beshear says low case and death numbers in nursing homes show vaccines work; calls Texas governor’s relaxations ‘reckless’
White House Coronavirus Task Force graph (click on it to enlarge) shows testing and the rate of positive tests in Kentucky have both generally declined over the last two months. Gov. Andy Beshear...
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Capacity limits going to 60% for many; Beshear says Monday’s numbers make ‘the most optimistic report I’ve been able to give’
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Following seven weeks of declining coronavirus cases and positive-test...
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Beshear says new vaccine is ‘game changer’ and the end of the pandemic is in sight, but masks and distancing are still needed
Margaret Brennan of CBS News interviewed Gov. Andy Beshear on “Face the Nation” Sunday. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As a new vaccine was released and the coronavirus...
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Bills for local control of tobacco haven’t even been assigned to committees, though advocates say they would pass on the floor
Image: Public Health Law Center —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With less than two weeks left in the 2021 legislative session, bills to let local governments regulate tobacco...
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New virus cases keep going down, but still 10th in U.S.; share of Kentuckians testing positive rises after falling for eight days
New York Times table, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for the full list, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky continued a downward...
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It’s National Children’s Dental Health Month, time to think about improving the poor oral health of Kentucky’s children
Dr. Stephanie Poynter —– By Stephanie Poynter Chair, Kentucky Oral Health Coalition It is no secret that Kentucky has historically had a poor reputation when it comes to our dental...