Category: HEALTH POLICY
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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...
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Physicians in Senate show partisan divide over legislation that would equate most positive antibody tests with Covid-19 vaccine
Sen. Ralph Alvarado —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A resolution to require Kentucky to recognize most positive Covid-19 antibody tests as equivalent to full vaccination for the disease...
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New cases of coronavirus continue to drop in Kentucky, but state still ranks No. 1 in nation, and deaths from Covid-19 remain high
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The leading indicators of...
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Anti-overdose drug Narcan available to people under Corrections community supervision in eight counties, eight more this summer
Ky. Health News map shows counties in HEALing Communities Study —– The anti-overdose drug Narcan is now available free of charge to people under community supervision by the state Department of...
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Harvard study concludes that it’s too soon to lift mask mandates in most elementary schools
Getty Images —– As the Omicron surge wanes, many school districts are lifting mask mandates. But coronavirus transmission rates are still far too high to lift such mandates in elementary...
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Bill to prohibit schools from requiring masks passes first hurdle
Rep. Lynn Bechler —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to prohibit public schools, colleges and universities from requiring masks has passed out of committee and is on...
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Covid-19 numbers in Kentucky continue to go down, but the state’s infection rate is now the highest among the states
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. Tennessee may seem as “hot” as Kentucky, but its metropolitan areas have lower rates, so it ranks only fifth...
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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...