Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Broker says Anthem’s new short-term plan will undermine Obamacare; Anthem says it’s designed to complement ACA plans
Screenshot of Anthem Enhanced Choice website —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News This story has been updated to reflect that the Anthem Enhanced Choice plans cover all 10 of...
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Planning a Thanksgiving gathering? Here are more than a dozen questions to ask, and some expert advice about testing
Kentucky Department for Public Health graphic —– Because just about everything that involves a traditional Thanksgiving meal creates a perfect storm to spread the virus that causes covid-19, health experts...
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Virus-case average is at new high in Ky., as are hospital and ICU cases; national expert advises, ‘Don’t swap air with people’
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– This story has been revised to correct a statement in the news release....
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Webinar focuses on importance of nutrition and physical activity to improve the health and learning of Kentucky’s children
Photo: Kentucky Coalition for Healthy Children —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The third of five webinars about reducing disease and unhealthy behaviors in Kentucky’s children focused on policies...
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After more new records for virus and hospital cases, Beshear says he will have to ‘take additional steps’ if trend continues
Department for Public Health map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge it, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky continued to set records for coronavirus cases...
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Ky. Center for Smoke-free Policy recognizes communities, groups and individuals who work to create smoke-free communities
Lori Fulton Brookbank is Smoke-free Advocate of the Year. Image from the Smoke-free Tomorrow Facebook page —– The Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy honored communities, groups and individuals from across the state who...
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CDC’s updated guidance on face masks says they also protect those who wear them from the novel coronavirus
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Masks not only protect people around the wearer from the spread of the coronavirus, but they also protects the wearer, the Centers for Disease Control...
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New records: 3,173 cases; 1,358 hospitalizations, 307 in ICUs; 25 deaths; nursing-home cases and deaths follow similar trend
Kentucky Health News chart; case numbers are from unadjusted initial daily reports. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The coronavirus pandemic in Kentucky exploded Friday, with record numbers of...
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Kentucky Office of Rural Health’s Ernie Scott receives the 2020 Dan Martin Award for lifetime contributions for rural health
Ernie Scott —– Ernie Scott, director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, is this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin Award for lifetime contribution to rural health in Kentucky. “It...
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Cases and positive-test rate continue to surge; Beshear says if cases keep increasing, Kentucky hospitals “will end up overrun”
State Department for Public Health chart shows 94 counties in highest danger zone. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 2,342 new cases of the novel coronavirus in...