Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Federal guidelines for staff testing in nursing homes change again to account for low numbers of coronavirus tests in rural counties
State health cabinet map; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The federal government has revised its coronavirus staff testing rules for nursing...
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More than 1 in 3 Kentuckians are on Medicaid, after many lost their jobs and the state made enrollment easier due to pandemic
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has added more than 250,000 people to its Medicaid rolls since the coronavirus pandemic came to the state in early March, bringing the...
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As cases remain high and 17 deaths are added, Beshear issues Halloween guidelines; some schools flout him on fall breaks
Kentucky Health news chart, based on initial, unadjusted daily case reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported 910 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday,...
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Cases top 1,000 for second day in a row; September has highest number of covid-19 deaths; Beshear says all that’s a wake-up call
State Department for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News —– Graph by Daniel Desrochers of the Lexington Herald-Leader, adapted by Kentucky Health News By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With more...
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Feds give state $7 million to help deal with lingering behavioral-health impacts of 2019 flooding in 21 Eastern Kentucky counties
Grant will help three southeastern regions, highlighted by roughly patterned area. —– Kentucky is getting a $7 million federal grant to expand behavioral-health services in 21 Appalachian counties to help...
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Kentucky has its second highest day of coronavirus cases, 1,018; Beshear urges mask wearing, asks schools not to take fall breaks
State Department for Public Health map; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Tuesday marked the second highest day of new coronavirus cases since the...
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Ky. could be in third big escalation of cases, just as most schools open; Beshear lectures those that are open in ‘red zones’
State graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After Kentucky hit the highest number of weekly coronavirus...
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State hits the White House red zone for coronavirus cases, but has fewer counties in red or yellow zones than previous week
Table from White House Coronavirus Task Force report; for a larger version, click on it. —– The latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force puts Kentucky in the task...
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Case numbers virtually assure worst week yet; student parties near UK stir worry about campus cases thwarting K-12 classes
Students partied on University Avenue in Lexington Saturday. (Herald-Leader photo by Alex Slitz) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The state recorded 456 more cases of the novel coronavirus yesterday,...
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First webinar of annual health forum shows much work needed to improve the lives of Ky. children; effects of covid-19 still unknown
Kentucky has several very bad rankings when it comes to children’s well-being. This was among the slides Kentucky Youth Advocates Executive Director Terry Brooks showed during the forum. —– By...