Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Cases, hospitalizations and ICU cases jump; judge blocks limits on day-care centers; map rates risk based on recent cases
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 299 new cases of the coronavirus Friday, one of the highest daily numbers yet, and four additional deaths, raising the state’s pandemic death toll...
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Unmasked young people, out and about, are likely to create a surge in covid-19 cases in Kentucky, health experts say
Kentucky is likely to see a surge in coronavirus cases driven by young people spreading it in bars, health experts are warning. “I think we’re going to see a surge....
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Pandemic lays bare the starvation of public health departments; Ky. spending per resident fell 32% from 2010 to 2018, story says
Red indicates more spending on police; blue indicates more on non-hospital health. —– “The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the...
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First graduates from federally funded UK program to build workforce to address substance-use disorder are at work
Getty Images —– By Lindsey Piercy and Kaitlin Brooks University of Kentucky The first students to participate in program aimed at combating Kentucky’s opioid epidemic have graduated and gone to...
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The coming holiday weekend has a much different feeling than the last one, because the virus is surging in so many states
By Adam Cancryn and Dan Diamond Politico Pulse Just more than a month ago, Americans headed into a holiday long weekend feeling hopeful — if not quite confident — that...
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Cases remain stable, as daily number equals 7-day average; Cameron trying to join suit against Beshear’s business restrictions
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After announcing 220 new cases and seven new deaths from the novel coronavirus, Gov. Andy Beshear again stressed that it is up to Kentuckians...
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Only 30% in Pew poll say Trump, feds get covid-19 facts right most or all of time; Republicans think crisis is being exaggerated
By David Bauder The Associated Press For a story that has dominated the news during the past four months, a survey out Monday illustrates the difficulty that many Americans have...
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Officials warn Kentuckians to follow rules, to keep economy open; Beshear says spike could bring a mask order or ‘surgical’ moves
Kentucky Health News chart; hospitalizations are not reported on weekends. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With every business in Kentucky reopened this week at some capacity, Gov. Andy...
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McConnell: ‘We cannot go back to April, and we cannot go right back to normal,’ so wear a mask (no stigma!) to protect others
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered these remarks on the Senate floor today. “Each time I’ve returned home over the last several weeks, I’ve had the honor of traveling to...
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Seven-day average of cases is stable; Quarles and agri-tourism farm sue Beshear; blood donations needed in Central Kentucky
Kentucky Health News chart; seven-day average is for that day and preceding six days —– Kentucky reported 117 new cases of the coronavirus Monday, pushing its seven-day rolling average slightly...