Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Beshear calls for use of masks at indoor events and in schools, more Covid-19 shots as CDC sees all counties at elevated risk
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map —– Kentucky still has 80 of its 120 counties are at the highest risk level for Covid-19, and the state no longer has...
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State rural-health office will get $299,999 a year for the next three years to help veterans get care; one of three such grants in U.S.
The Kentucky Office of Rural Health is one of three organizations in the U.S. to receive a three-year, nearly $900,000 grant from the federal Office of Rural Health Policy to improve access to health...
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Health insurers offer $20 gift cards for Kentuckians getting first dose or booster of Covid-19 vaccine at schools, health depts.
Photo illustration from KAHP —– The trade group for commercial insurers and Medicaid managers in Kentucky is offering $20 gift cards at school and health-department vaccination events for people getting...
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16 Covid-19 vaccine clinics set across Ky. in July and August
Covid-19 vaccine administration in Kentucky as of July 22; graphs from the Kentucky Covid-19 Vaccination Dashboard —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Eight Kentucky health departments are participating in...
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Saying they are probably unconstitutional, judge extends ruling blocking two Kentucky laws that would greatly limit abortion
Kentucky Health News Saying Kentucky laws limiting access to abortion likely violate the state constitution, a Louisville judge has blocked them from taking effect until lawsuits challenging them are over....
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Survey seeks views of Kentucky’s LGBTQ+ community about their access and interactions with health care
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky is looking for participants in a study that aims to learn more about how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Kentuckians access and interact with health...
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CDC says 80 Kentucky counties are at high risk of Covid-19 and 33 are at medium risk; Beshear urges seniors to get boosted
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map shows risk levels. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With 113 of the state’s 120 counties with an elevated risk from coronavirus...
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New 988 suicide and crisis lifeline number saw a 30% increase in calls in Kentucky during the weekend it was launched
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The new, easy-to-remember 988 behavioral-health crisis hotline took 220 calls on the first weekend it went live in Kentucky, according to Gov. Andy Beshear,...
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Get a booster now or wait for new BA.4/5 version? Depends on your circumstances, and experts’ varying opinions confuse people
Getty Images photo via Kaiser Health News —– By Sam Whitehead and Arthur Allen Kaiser Health News Gwyneth Paige didn’t want to get vaccinated against Covid-19 at first. With her...
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In abortion ruling’s wake, Senate GOP caucus chair says Ky. must see to adoption and human services, protect jobs in pregnancy
Senate Majority Caucus Chair Julie Raque Adams (LRC photo) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of its Roe v. Wade decision means more work for the...