Category: HEALTH POLICY
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McConnell: Time to wind down Covid-19 emergency; Beshear says Ky. still needs resources from it but is ‘pretty close to normal’
Sen. Mitch McConnell speaking on Senate floor. Photo captured from YouTube. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says it’s time to trust science and the...
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Kentucky farmers, often beset by circumstances, can take advantage of a new program to support their mental health
Logo of the program, which began in 2020 —– The following story is from The Goldenrod, which normally covers rural Eastern and Central Kentucky. Editor Sarah Baird writes, “If you live...
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Case numbers show the pandemic in Kentucky is on a decline, but cases in children are more than a quarter of the daily total
Ky. Health News graph; daily case numbers are initial, unadjusted reports. (Click image to enlarge) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Tuesday’s Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky offered yet another day...
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UK researcher who pioneered faith-based project to tackle cervical cancer has expanded her work to the national level
Nancy Schoenberg —– By Alicia Gregory and Ben Corwin University of Kentucky The best solutions begin when you listen to the people whose problems you’re trying to solve. That community-based...
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Kentucky’s weekly Covid-19 case numbers and positive-test rate are on the decline, offering hope for the weeks to come
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky got a hopeful Covid-19...
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Research suggests local journalists quote local experts, not Fauci, when discussing pandemic health guidelines
Dr. Anthony Fauci —– Rural journalists are charged with keeping readers informed about the coronavirus pandemic, but widespread skepticism of government-endorsed public-health measures makes it difficult (as rural Minnesota publisher-editor...
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Legislature sends Beshear a bill to ban any ‘zero visitor’ policies in nursing homes other facilities, a legacy of the pandemic
State Sen. Julie Raque Adams (Legislative photo) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to guarantee an essential caregiver’s right visit a resident at long-term care facilities, assisted-living communities...
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Coronavirus cases remain high in Kentucky, but other measures of the pandemic, including Covid-19 hospitalizations, decline
Kentucky Health News graph; click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases remain at near-record highs in Kentucky, but Covid-19 hospitalizations and the seven-day positive-test...
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Pandemic numbers seem to be nearing peak in Ky., but Beshear advises caution, warning that hospitals could still be overrun
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the daily data signaled that the Omicron surge in coronavirus cases...
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Virus infection rate stalls, but new-case average hits a new high and Covid-19 hospitalizations jump 4% in one day, nearing record
Regions in red are using over 80% of ICU beds. (State table, adapted by Ky. Health News; click to enlarge) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky...