Category: HEALTH POLICY
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New cases hit another record; Beshear calls it ‘frightening,’ says he will talk Monday about new recommendations for red zones
Kentucky Health News graph, from unadjusted reports of daily cases, discounting large backlogs —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Calling the total “frightening,” Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,738 new...
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Judge tells state to keep Anthem in Medicaid managed care, cites role of former Beshear aide working for another successful bidder
A Frankfort judge ordered the state Friday to keep Anthem Inc. as one of its managers of Medicaid, an $8 billion program that pays for health care for one of every three...
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2nd highest number of new virus cases; week already deadliest, with a day to go; Beshear says his experience shows masks work
State health department map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click it. Lee County is blank, but had many new cases this week, many at a nursing...
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Thurs. report: 1,330 new cases and a record 800 hospitalizations, 214 of them in intensive care; positive-test rate jumps to 5.3%
State Department for Public Health graph, relabeled by Kentucky Health News —– By Al CrossKentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 1,330 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, the third-highest daily...
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Virus cases set a record, deaths a near-record; Beshear says he might ask that all Ky. social gatherings stop for a week or two
Kentucky Health News graph, based on numbers in initial, unadjusted daily reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky had the highest day of new coronavirus cases and second...
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White House report: 70% of Ky. counties had a moderate or high level of virus spread; advises trading with stores that follow rules
White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force again has Kentucky in...
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Cases and hospitalizations keep escalating; state prepares for a medical surge; in-home gatherings discouraged in 43 counties
Dark blue line on K-12 school dashboard shows number of quarantined students; light blue line is the number of quarantined staff; red line is new student cases; the orange line...
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Coronavirus cases highest for a Monday; positivity rate nears 5%, hospitalizations are up; Beshear says we know how to fix it
State graph, labeled by Ky. Health News; previous week has backlog of 1,426. (Click to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 647 new coronavirus...
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State issues plan for distributing covid-19 vaccine; only 24% in self-selected Sept. survey in Anderson County said they’d take it
Pfizer’s vaccine is in clinical trials. (Photo by Marco Bello, Reuters) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Department for Public Health has issued its draft plan for distributing a covid-19...
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812 new coronavirus cases make seven-day rolling average of daily new cases 1,064; Fauci says virus is the ‘most puzzling’ one
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 812 new cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, lowering the seven-day rolling average of new cases to 1,064 from the high of...