Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Senate bill to address the state’s nursing shortage passes its first hurdle, but some say it wouldn’t do enough
Photo illustration via Nolan Group Media —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to address the nursing shortage in Kentucky passed out of a legislative committee Wednesday, but...
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Latest Covid-19 surge seems over in Kentucky, but state still has second highest infection rate among states, well into the red zone
Ky. Health News graph from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s pandemic metrics have largely returned to where they were before...
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House passes bill to add incentives and expand Rural Hospital Loan Program to include closed hospitals that reopen
Graphic from Gov. Andy Beshear’s December press conference —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to update the Kentucky Rural Hospital Loan Program to add incentives and include...
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Herd immunity from Covid-19? Not likely. Herd resistance? Yes.
Modern Healthcare illustration —– A recent report estimated that 73 percent of Americans have immunity to the coronavirus, either from being infected by it or by getting vaccinated against it. That has made...
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Most Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to trend down, but our infection rate still ranks second among the states
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases and the percentage of...
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Health advocates say state government needs to do a lot more about tobacco, including letting local governments regulate sales
Map by Bridging Research Efforts & Advocacy Toward Healthy Environments, University of Kentucky —– As the state legislature ponders allowing local governments to again regulate tobacco sales, the Lexington Herald-Leader has produced a...
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Flu cases remain about the same as last week in Kentucky
Dept. for Public Health graph shows flu cases peaked in December. Flu season runs through May. —– Influenza activity in Kentucky appears to have leveled off, with the latest weekly report showing about...
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Bill aims to ease Kentucky’s nursing shortage by relaxing licensing and instruction requirements, enrollment caps
Sen. Robby Mills —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A state Senate committee plans to hear a bill Wednesday to address the nursing shortage in Kentucky, which has been...
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Bill would allow a year of Medicaid for new mothers, almost 1/2 of whom don’t get routine care in Ky., where death rate is highest
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill that would extend Medicaid coverage to new mothers up to 12 months after giving birth passed unanimously out of the House Friday...
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Senate Republicans want to end Covid-19 state of emergency March 7, more than a month earlier than they voted last month
Sen. Donald Douglas, R-Nicholasville —– Most of the Republicans in the GOP-controlled state Senate are supporting a resolution that would end the state of emergency that Gov. Andy Beshear declared...