Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Positive-test rate keeps going up, but Beshear says Ky. schools can safely open to in-person learning if they follow guidelines
Kentucky Health News chart, based on state Department for Public Health data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even with the number of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus...
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Legislators file bills to limit Beshear’s powers, citing lack of consultation; one accuses him of falsifying data to scare people
Sen. Stephen Meredith, R-Leitchfield (Legislative file photo) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – On the first day of the General Assembly session, legislators filed bills to limit...
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Stivers says emergency-power limits won’t be aimed at Beshear, but Osborne says effort will ‘turn political’; governor stoutly objects
Beshear and (clockwise) Osborne, Stivers, McGarvey and Jenkins —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The legislature’s planned changes in the governor’s emergency powers will address “an...
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Plans made to increase pace of vaccinations and who’s next in line to get it; meanwhile, cases and positive-test rates increase
Revised version of chart presented by Gov. Andy Beshear during press conference Monday —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and the state’s top doctor announced Monday...
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Pandemic shows the picture of health in America is not so rosy
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service For end-of-the-year columns, it’s customary to recap the events of the past 12 months, usually highlighting a mix of the good and the...
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New federal nutrition guides, which influence school lunches, food stamps and diabetes, ignore experts’ calls for less sugar, alcohol
New federal nutritional guidelines unveiled last week, which influence everything from school lunches and military rations to food stamps, ignored scientific advisers’ calls to lower recommended sugar and alcohol intake....
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Highest Sunday yet for virus cases in Ky., and positive-test rate sets another record, but holiday factors could skew numbers
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click here for interactive version with data —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s pandemic numbers continued to worsen Sunday, as the...
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Positive-test rate hits new high, likely due to less testing, state says, but cases also had a spike, and so did Covid-19 deaths
Kentucky Health News graph, based on state reports; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky., Jan. 2 — As the new...
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State’s poor health rankings are a caution flag in pandemic, but virus shouldn’t keep you from making regular visits to doctors
By Ben Chandler President and CEO, Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky A new state-by-state comparison of the nation’s health ranks Kentucky near the bottom in a variety of significant categories....
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Omnibus relief bill includes ban on mail sales of e-cigarette products; FedEx will not handle shipments after March 1
The catch-all bill to keep the government open, provide pandemic relief and do many other things includes a ban on mail shipments of electronic-cigarette products, and apply federal laws on...