Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Moderna vaccine arrives in Kentucky; 26 deaths push 7- and 14-day means to new highs; Congress finalizes $900 billion relief bill
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the second coronavirus vaccine arrived in Kentucky, new cases and hospitalizations for Covid-19 kept falling, but 26 more deaths continued a surge. The...
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Study of young people’s e-cigarette use early in pandemic shows many had quit or cut back, but some under 21 were still buying
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study of young electronic-cigarette users in May found that most had cut back their use of the products since the pandemic began, but...
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Beshear cites second straight week with fewer cases as proof his restrictions worked; Covid-19 deaths this week set a new record
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As Kentucky ended the second week with fewer cases of the novel coronavirus than the week before, Gov. Andy Beshear took credit. But his daily...
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Paper says it has ‘story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter’
Vice President Pence speaks for the task force March 9. (Photo by Jabin Botsford, Washington Post) —– A month ago, as doctors on the White House Coronavirus Task Force watched new cases rising...
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Graphic warnings for cigarette packs and ads postponed again
Food and Drug Administration illustration of some proposed labels —- A judge has given cigarette manufacturers until Jan. 14, 2022 to place graphic warning labels on their traditional cigarette packs,...
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Governor finalizes school reopening rules, makes them only advisory for private schools; all pandemic metrics down for day
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the novel coronavirus ebbed slightly in...
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Beshear announces most Covid-19 deaths yet in one day, 54; hospitalizations and ventilator use are also at all-time highs
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state announced more deaths, by far, from Covid-19 on...
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U.S. Supreme Court, 7-2, allows Beshear’s ban on in-person schooling to apply to religious schools, at least for the time being
Danville Christian Academy was the lead plaintiff. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court declined Thursday to reinstate a Kentucky federal judge’s order exempting religious schools...
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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...