Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Kentucky again 43rd in America’s Health Rankings, scoring lowest in behavior and health outcomes, high in having a care provider
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After not ranking states for two years due to the pandemic, America’s Health Rankings again placed Kentucky among the 10 unhealthiest states, ranking its healthiness 43rd,...
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Ky. Covid-19 cases up 22% last week; flu kills 31 more, including several children; docs worry about diseases’ effects on weakened seniors
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Covid-19 cases in Kentucky rose 22 percent last week and influenza killed 31 more Kentuckians, including three more children, physicians encouraged Kentuckians to...
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Big, real-world study confirms Covid-19 shots provide much more protection than natural immunity, especially against death
Vaccines give significantly more protection than natural immunity against Covid-19, especially against death, according to one of the first large, real-world studies comparing the two forms of immunity. The study...
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Rep. Guthrie, in line to head health panel, says priorities include Medicare oversight, Covid-19 origins and price transparency
U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie of Bowling Green discussed several health issues that Republicans will focus on when they take over the House during an interview with Caitlin Owens of Axios,...
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Ky. respiratory roundup: Hospitals filling; Covid-19 map greener; Beshear calls Fla. governor’s request for vaccine grand jury ‘silly’
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The federal risk map for Covid-19 in Kentucky got greener in the last week, but some Kentucky hospitals are filling up...
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Medical cannabis bill will start in Senate; sponsor says Beshear issued order allowing it as ‘wedge issue’ and tool for re-election
By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News State Sen. Stephen West said Dec. 13 that he will resume sponsoring medical marijuana legislation when the General Assembly convenes Jan....
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Federal audits reveal widespread overcharges, other errors in Medicare Advantage plans; Humana and United stand out
By Fred Schulte and Holly K. Hacker Kaiser Health News Recently released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans, with some plans...
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Beshear says health decisions based on Kentuckians’ needs, not politics; wishes he could have been more persuasive on vaccines
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear says the decisions he’s made when it comes to the pandemic and medical marijuana have been made to help Kentuckians, and...
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Too many pregnant Kentuckians and babies in ‘maternity deserts’ and Ky. has no birthing centers; midwives say they could help
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern During three of her four pregnancies, Laura Browning drove three hours round-trip past hospitals to get prenatal care from midwives in Lexington, the only place...
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Bogus anti-vaccine video goes viral, says a FactCheck.org report
By FactCheck.org There have been more than 13 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines administered worldwide, including more than 600 million in the United States. The vaccines have saved an estimated...