Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Experts look back at the pandemic and issue a report saying the nation’s public-health system was not equipped to deal with it
By Krista Mahr and Daniel Payne Politico Pulse As the Covid-19 public health emergency enters its final weeks, Washington is still gripped by debate over how the pandemic started and...
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Kentucky’s Covid-19 death rate lower than U.S. average when adjusted for health conditions and average ages in the states
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Now that Covid-19 has gone beyond the pandemic phase to the endemic phase, how did Kentucky handle the pandemic? A study has found that...
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Ky. Psychological Association to offer program May 11 for news media on strategies for coping when covering traumatic events
In the wake of the mass shooting in Louisville on April 10, the Kentucky Lantern has worked with the Kentucky Psychological Association to create an event for people working in...
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Covid-19 levels stay low; memorial expected to be finished soon; FDA approves new booster, gives new guidance on vaccination
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state and federal Covid-19 reports remain good this week, but Kentuckians are still dying from the disease. Over the last four weeks, the...
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‘Addiction and the media: Stigmatizing language and best practices’ virtual meeting to be held May 17, registration required
The HEALing Communities Study Learning Collaborative at the University of Kentucky is offering a virtual session titled “Addiction and the media: Stigmatizing language and best practices” at 11 a.m. ET...
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Annual overdose deaths in Kentucky fall for first time in four years
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News For the first year since 2018, Kentucky saw a drop in drug overdose deaths last year. Provisional data gathered by the Kentucky Injury Prevention...
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59% of residents, just 16% of staff in Ky. nursing homes have had Covid-19 booster shots; both rates slightly above national rates
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News While Kentucky nursing homes’ Covid-19 booster rates are higher than the national rates, many staff and residents remain vulnerable to the disease because over...
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New cases of the coronavirus continue to decline in Kentucky, but people continue to die from Covid-19; U.S. deaths hit 1.1 million
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Overall, the Covid-19 metrics in Kentucky are good, but the bad news is that people are still dying from it. The latest report from the state...
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UK environmental-health scientist Erin Haynes leads study in Ohio to track health impact of train derailment in East Palestine
A University of Kentucky environmental scientist is taking steps to learn more about the health symptoms and exposures faced by the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, following a train derailment...
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New Office of Rural Health is being created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address rural health disparities
The newly created Office of Rural Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will work to combat rural health disparities across the nation by addressing infrastructure needs and ...