Category: HEALTH POLICY
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As Trump envisions Easter reopening, Beshear clamps down, says country must ‘defeat the coronavirus on the very first try’
At his daily press conference, Gov. Andy Beshear addressed remarks by President Donald J. Trump. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As President Trump openly hoped for “packed churches”...
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Beshear: Businesses that don’t sustain life must end in-person traffic, and hotline to report violators of his orders got 2,000 calls
As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be updated. Official state guidance is at https://kycovid19.ky.gov. Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday that he would...
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As surgeon general says this week will be bad, Beshear says ‘It’s game time’ and pushes social distancing; starts toll-free hotline for Kentuckians to report violators of his emergency orders
As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this item will be updated. Official state guidance is at https://kycovid19.ky.gov. Monday, March 23, 2020 Reflecting the surgeon general’s warning that...
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March 11-15 poll found a third of Americans and almost half of Republicans had taken no precautions against coronavirus; surgeon general says it’s going to get bad this week
As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this page will be updated. Official state guidance is at https://kycovid19.ky.gov. Monday, March 23, 2020 A Kaiser Family Foundation...
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UK public-health, surgery professors urge quick hospital and government action to limit deaths from covid-19 in rural Ky.
Tyrone Borders and Sam Tyagi (L-R) —– A public-health professor and a surgeon at the University of Kentucky are sounding the alarm that the covid-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus could...
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Beshear ends non-essential retail, elective medical procedures; calls out violators, including a church; Sen. Paul has the virus
As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this page will be updated. Official state guidance is at https://kycovid19.ky.gov. Sunday, March 22, 2020 Gov. Andy Beshear said...
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Ky. covid-19 numbers compare favorably to major border states; one analyst says it gives people hope, and quotes them
For a larger version of the infographic, click on it. —– Kentucky compares favorably with major bordering states in dealing with the coronavirus, according to recent compilations of testing and...
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Bill to help independent pharmacies goes to the governor
Sen. Max Wise presented SB 50 on Feb. 20 in the Senate. (Legislative Research Commission photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to resolve payment issues between Kentucky...
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Beshear asks schools to shut until April 20, warns about all gatherings, business practices; testing expands; more needed
As news develops in Kentucky about the coronavirus and its covid-19 disease, this page will be updated. Official state guidance is at https://kycovid19.ky.gov. —– Saturday, March 21, 2020 Gov. Andy Beshear,...
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Rural hospitals seek help in covid-19 response legislation, which is blocked by Democrats, who say it’s too friendly to corporations
The Kentucky Rural Health Association is urging its members to ask Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, their senior U.S. senator, to include help for rural hospitals in the third coronavirus package being...