Category: HEALTH POLICY
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7-day average of new virus cases drops again, but ICUs have more patients than ever, and 23 more are dead from Covid-19
Kentucky Health News graph; new-case numbers are unadjusted initial daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky’s seven-day average of new coronavirus cases fell for the fifth...
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Plain talk’s understood: ‘Snot and spit … spread infection,’ health chief says as he advises us to ‘hunker down’ during the holidays
White House task force graph shows national numbers; Kentucky’s trends have been similar. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases in Kentucky appear to have plateaued, but infection...
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Public-health officials and workers are ‘a public punching bag’ in a politicized pandemic; 1 in 10 in Ky. have left since it began
Kaiser Health News map; to enlarge, click on it. —– Local public-health officials and workers “have found themselves at the center of a political storm as they combat the worst pandemic...
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Negotiators reach compromise on surprise medical billing, but fate of the legislation may rest with Senate Majority Leader McConnell
Health insurance companies “are furiously lobbying Congress to tweak a last-minute deal on protecting Americans from surprise medical bills — one that is viewed as favoring doctors over them,” The Washington...
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Eastern Ky.’s lost generation and echoes that remain: Aftermath of the opioid epidemic, by an expatriate doctor who lost a friend
By Brian S. Barnett, M.D. Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychology, Center for Behavioral Health, Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic Published in JAMA Internal Medicine My friend drew his last breath alone, in the predawn...
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McCracken County student who got hooked on e-cigs, then fought for limits on them, is named a Kentucky Healthy Policy Champion
Abby Hefner —– A Paducah-area high-school junior has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for advocating for policies that help prevent youth tobacco use, after she was addicted to...
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With first vaccinations expected Monday, but only the beginning of long rollout that will run well into summer, Beshear urges caution
A container with insulated boxes of vaccine is rolled from a plane into UPS Worldport in Louisville. (Photo provided by governor’s office) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the first shipments...
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Work on successful lawsuit against changes in Medicaid earns Rich Seckel a Kentucky Healthy Policy Champion award
Rich Seckel —– The point man in a lawsuit that blocked changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid program has been honored for his work by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. Rich Seckel,...
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Employee of convenience-store chain named Ky. Healthy Policy Champion for helping prevent tobacco sales to underage buyers
Albert Gray —– Albert Gray of Five Star Food Marts has been named a Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion for his contributions to preventing the sale of tobacco products to underage consumers of...
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Ky. pandemic numbers hold mostly steady as vaccine is shipped
New York Times map (colors differ from map used by Ky. Department of Public Health); for county numbers, click here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The coronavirus pandemic in...