Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Poll: 3 of 4 Kentuckians say they worry about affording health care
Chart from poll report; for a larger version, click on it —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More than half of Kentucky adults struggled to pay for health care...
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Ky. campaigning in seven counties to get more of Black and Hispanic populations, hard-hit by covid-19, on Medicaid
Image from Diversity Nursing Blog —– Kentucky is launching a “1-2-3 No Cost to Me” campaign to get more Black and Hispanic residents enrolled in health coverage, Deborah Yetter reports for the...
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Health Watch USA to host ‘Covid-19 Vaccines’ webinar Aug. 19
Health Watch USA will host a webinar on vaccines for the novel coronavirus at 7 p.m. ET Aug. 19. “Covid-19 Vaccines” will focus on the current status of advocacy related to...
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Weekly total of coronavirus cases is highest yet, but 7-day rolling average falls; officials note Kentucky has low covid-19 death rate
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported 390 new coronavirus cases Saturday, bringing the unadjusted total for the official Monday-Sunday reporting week to 4,492, the most yet....
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State certain to set weekly new-case record Sunday, but positive-test rate for the past week falls to the lowest level in 10 days
State chart, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky is certain to have its largest number of...
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7-day case average new high; Beshear prepares mask citations, calls out another school district; election-rules deal announced
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reached a new peak in the coronavirus pandemic Friday, as 679 new cases raised the state’s seven-day rolling average to 670, the highest...
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Beshear tries to jawbone uncooperative school districts into following his recommendation, noting 785 new cases today
Kentucky Health News chart; daily figures are adjusted slightly after initial report. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Even after reporting a record number of cases...
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State reports record number of new coronavirus cases in one day; Beshear defends his recommendation to delay in-person classes
Photos displayed by Beshear —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported 1,163 new coronavirus cases in Kentucky on Wednesday, the highest number yet in a single...
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Beshear says he had ‘a lot the symptoms that can suggest covid-19’ but tested negative, and felt empathy as he waited for results
Gov. Andy Beshear reported by video after feeling ill and testing negative for the novel coronavirus. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported 562 new coronavirus...
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Overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 5% in 2019; officials say fentanyl and methamphetamine were drivers of the increase
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Drug-overdose deaths in Kentucky rose 5 percent in 2019, after dropping by nearly 15% from 2017 to 2018, according to the state’s latest annual report....