Category: HEALTH POLICY
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It’s too early for school boards to lift mask mandates, but they need to plan for it, former FDA commissioner Gottlieb says
Ky. Health News map, based on Ky. Dept. for Public Health data Jan. 15-21. Click on it to enlarge. —– Pediatrician Horace Hambrick attended the Jan. 10 meeting of the Scott County...
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Ky. again breaks record for new Covid-19 cases, over 16,000; new studies show robust protection against virus if boosted
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky hit another daily record for new coronavirus cases, surging beyond the last record by more than 1,000 cases. It also has a new...
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Senate floor leader, citing governor’s handling of pandemic, says Beshear ‘does not know how to govern’ and ‘hates the legislature’
Sen. Damon Thayer —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear “does not know how to govern,” the majority floor leader of the state Senate said at Kentucky...
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House sends Senate a budget bill with many provisions dealing with health issues, several with less than Beshear proposed
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state House of Representatives passed a two-year state budget Thursday that includes a number of provisions for health, including many that were in...
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Pandemic keeps growing in Ky., but Beshear sees a peak in 10-14 days; Harlan County ball games called ‘super-spreader events’
The governor used this graph to show that very few fully vaccinated Kentuckians under 60 have died of Covid-19 since the Omicron variant began raising numbers in July. (Screenshot; click to...
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Governor sees ‘major outbreak’ of coronavirus cases in the General Assembly, says more legislators need to wear masks
Two of the nine in-person legislators visible in this screenshot of the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee Thursday were wearing masks. At least one member participated remotely. (KET) —– By Al...
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Omicron keeps setting records; tests are over 30% positive, not counting home tests; hospitals adopt crisis standards for staffing
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As the Omicron variant of the coronavirus...
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13% more Kentuckians used prescription drugs for mental health in October than in January, as the pandemic added to stresses
Quote Wizard map, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows increases in adjoining states and Southeast. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky is one of 28 states that saw...
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Feds say Covid-19 home tests will ship directly to users starting Wed., same day they plan to put online the website to order them
The Biden administration says it will begin mailing Covid-19 tests directly to Americans on Wednesday, Jan. 19. That’s also the same day it plans to put online the U.S. Postal Service website...
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The world will probably wind up living with the coronavirus, but that approach poses risks, some medical experts warn
“Nations around the planet are making a subtle but consequential pivot in their war against the coronavirus: Crushing the virus is no longer the strategy,” reports Joel Achenbach of The Washington Post. “The phrase...