Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Bill to tax electronic cigarettes at 15% goes to governor; health advocates say it will decrease young people’s use of the products
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention illustration; click for larger version —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a tax on electronic cigarettes,...
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Covid-19 update: Hospital executives worry about having enough staff, say others should stay home to avoid asymptomatic spread
Concepts by Jason and Brooke Ison and @tizbitz; design by @SinclairArt for KyforKy.com —– As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be...
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Covid-19 update: Beshear implores Kentuckians to stay at home, at least not gather; says Dawson Springs revival was a site of spread
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky looks forward to another round of fine spring weather, Gov. Andy Beshear is imploring Kentuckians to stay at home, saying that home...
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Lawmakers returning to Frankfort to pass a budget and other bills; here are some health-related measures that could pass
UPDATE: On April 1 the General Assembly passed a state budget and related bills, including one freezing health departments’ pension payments at the current level. House Speaker David Osborne said...
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Worst day yet: 114 cases, 7 deaths; Beshear says Kentuckians are buying in, but cops say crowds still a problem in Louisville
Gov. Andy Beshear often compares responses of Philadelphia and St. Louis to the 1918 flu epidemic. Tuesday he added Louisville’s, which was not as strong as St. Louis’s but was...
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Beshear bans travel to other states, orders quarantine for travelers; CDC says 29% of infections among people 20-44
Beshear said his order was based on larger case counts in most adjoining states. (Image via Herald-Leader) —– As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this...
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Preliminary estimates of covid-19’s effects on health-care system, and lives, show Ky. compares favorably with major border states
These estimates, based on data through March 24, are being revised daily, as noted below. —– By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsKentucky compares favorably to its major bordering states in the first...
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Beshear pleads for social distancing as Kentuckians flock to stores and recreation; Trump extends guidelines to April 30
Chart illustrates the spread of contagion with and without social distancing. —– As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be updated. Official...
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Methamphetamine returns to Appalachian Kentucky, in a more deadly form, and it’s causing fear and division in communities
Dakota Scott, with her two-week-old daughter, fights meth addiction at Karen’s Place Maternity Center in Ashland, a facility for women in addiction recovery (Photo by Hilary Swift for The New York...
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Beshear signs more than 35 bills amid pandemic, many related to health care; physician assistants get limited prescribing power
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky legislature continues to pass bills despite Gov. Andy Beshear’s plea that it just pass a budget and anything related to the coronavirus,...