Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Almost half of counties still lack syringe exchanges, including 20 of those most vulnerable to drug-related disease outbreaks
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky counties now have harm-reduction programs to fight drug abuse, but the coronavirus pandemic has slowed their expansion and complicated the work of...
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July 26 federal report said that in most of Ky., nursing-home visits should stop, and obese, diabetics, hypertensive should stay home
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The latest weekly report to states from the White House Coronavirus Task Force contains many recommendations for state and local officials that Kentucky officials have not implemented or...
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Pandemic calls for local leadership and trusted voices
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News This was originally published as a column in KyForward.com. Norman Chaffins and Donnie Keeton probably never expected to see their name in a column about...
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Limited Sunday report keeps the coronavirus in Ky. on a plateau
Kentucky Health News chart; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 463 new cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, a little...
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New coronavirus case numbers and 7-day average drop below 600; positive-test rate declines for third day but remains above 5%
Kentucky Health News chart —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus numbers were almost all improved Saturday. The number of new cases, 572, was more than 200 less...
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As cases surge in southeastern Ky., public-health and local officials join forces to combat it and tamp down the politics
The Bell County Health Department’s Leighann Baker brings groceries to Alan Smith, who is quarantined. (Photo by Pat McDonogh, Courier Journal) —– Like much of the nation, stopping the spread of the novel...
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Hospitals overall are losing money, and it’s likely to get worse; Cynthiana hospital says it’s ‘at a negative 25% margin’
A report prepared for the American Hospital Association predicts half of the nation’s hospitals will be losing money by the end of the year unless Congress gives them more relief money, and...
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New virus cases up for 5th day; covid-19 patients’ ICU use spikes; positive-test rate declines; studies don’t look good for school
By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New cases of the novel coronavirus in Kentucky increased for the fifth straight day, to 778, the fourth largest number yet,...
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Cases up, positive-test rate down; Beshear says mask mandate having effect, but suggests more people should work from home
State chart adapted by KHN; current period has 3 of 7 days remaining; at current rate would be 3845. —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Thursday’s...
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Beshear says case numbers likely stabilizing, but positive test rate keeps rising, ‘a sure-fire sign you’ve got to be careful,’ Fauci says
Beshear showed this chart to illustrate what Kentucky needs to avoid: a spike like Oklahoma’s. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Even though new cases of the coronavirus crept...