Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Beshear’s Facebook post shows generally stable virus numbers; comments on it reveal support, skepticism and unhappiness
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Measures of the novel-coronavirus pandemic remained generally stable Sunday, as Gov. Andy Beshear made only a Facebook post giving the day’s numbers. The state...
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Trump helped get vaccines produced quickly, but he and some of his allies are complicating efforts to get people to take them
“President Trump and his allies have spent years stoking disinformation and doubt in official accounts about the election, the coronavirus, and other topics. Now those efforts are making it harder to rally support...
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State reports Christmas Eve was pandemic’s second-deadliest day, with 53 Covid-19 deaths, but positive-test rate fell below 8%
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Christmas Eve was Kentucky’s second-deadliest day of the pandemic, with confirmation of 53 deaths from Covid-19, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Saturday in a three-day...
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As state heads into a long holiday weekend, new-case average keeps ticking up but Beshear emphasizes recent successes
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s averages of recent coronavirus cases and deaths continued to increase slightly Wednesday, but the percentage of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus continued...
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Beshear says people 75 and older have “compelling argument” to get virus vaccine after nursing homes and health-care workers
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians 75 and older have a “very compelling argument” to be among those next in line to get vaccines for the novel coronavirus, Gov....
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Work on successful lawsuit against changes in Medicaid earns Rich Seckel the Gil Friedell Healthy Policy Champion award
Rich Seckel —– UPDATE, Dec. 21: Seckel was named the Gil Friedell Health Policy Champion award, which comes with a $5,000 grant to a Kentucky-based nonprofit of his choice. (The original...
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McConnell puts fix for ‘surprise billing’ problem in must-pass bill
The massive bill to keep the government open and provide $900 billion in pandemic relief also includes a compromise solution to the nagging problem of “surprise billing” in health care,...
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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...