Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Beshear says he expects the pandemic will ease by mid-March in Ky.; right now, our infection rate remains fifth among the states
Kentucky Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday...
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4 Ky. community mental health centers join Medicaid program to blend mental health, behavioral health and medical services
Four community health centers in Kentucky are in a two-year pilot program that lets them provide medical services for Kentuckians on Medicaid, not just behavioral and mental health care. The Demonstration...
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Proposed new CDC guidelines for treating pain would encourage use of non-opioid therapies first, avoid one-size-fits-all approach
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows opioid-prescribing rates in counties that ranked highest and those surrounded or nearly surrounded by them. —– By Melissa...
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State’s infection rate still sixth in nation; Beshear blames later Omicron surge and legislature’s removal of his prevention powers
Chart shows how Kentucky’s daily vaccination rate has declined over the last two months. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The metrics used to measure the pandemic in Kentucky...
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Covid-19 trend remains good, but governor says we have a way to go and cautions Kentuckians to not let their guard down
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s Covid-19 metrics continue to move in...
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Medicine treats individual patients; public health looks at causes and prevention of disease. Public-health dean explains her work.
Dean Donna Arnett, Ph.D. —– By Grace Colville UKNow, University of Kentucky Living in a pandemic has been an adjustment for everyone. Public health plays a larger role in the...
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Flu cases in Kentucky continue to drop, but could still rise; as long as there are any cases, it’s not too late to get vaccinated
State graph, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows flu-like illness at low level but higher than last year —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After reaching a peak in...
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New law protects consumers from surprise medical bills
Graphic from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As of Jan. 1, Americans who get surprise medical bills have new federal consumer protections....
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New coronavirus cases in Ky. keep dropping, but it keeps killing; Ky. deaths over 13,000; new-vaccination rate continues decline
Chart by The Washington Post, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the metrics used to measure the pandemic...
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Cases and positivity rate continue to drop, but 28% of new cases are again in 18-and-unders, and hospitalizations remain high
Kentucky Health News graph from state data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News New coronavirus cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the virus remain high, but...