Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Tornadoes leave health issues, Beshear says; state’s 14-day average of Covid-19 deaths is 53.5 per day, the highest yet
Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Ky. Health News, shows case numbers flat; click to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The tornadoes that ripped through Western Kentucky...
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Surgeon general sounds alarm about youth mental health; children’s hospital leader says this crisis also exists in Kentucky
Graphic is from the Protecting Youth Mental Health Advisory; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has issued his second...
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At term’s midpoint, Beshear reflects on pandemic work, saying he wishes he had prepared Kentuckians for a longer fight
Andy Beshear at a press conference earlier in the pandemic. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Gov. Andy Beshear passed the mid-point of his four-year term, he spent...
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As Covid-19 numbers remain high but steady, hospital numbers keep creeping up 2% a day; deaths are up 75% in the last month
Cabinet for Health and Family Services graph, adapted by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Most of Kentucky’s coronavirus numbers continue to...
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Rep. Andy Barr writes about bill, named for his late wife, to spur research into the heart ailment that killed her in June 2020
The late Carol Barr with her husband and daughters Eleanor and Mary Clay. —– By U.S. Rep. Andy Barr Though every holiday season without my wife Carol will be difficult,...
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Beshear says focus should be on boosters, to prevent another surge of cases; CDC approves them for 16 and 17-year-olds
Image from WAAY-TV —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News It’s important to get all eligible Kentuckians vaccinated against the coronavirus, but to prevent another surge in cases, the focus...
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Beshear declares emergency to help get more students into nursing schools to relieve state’s ‘dire’ shortage of nurses
Nurse Cydney Kanis at Baptist Health Lexington (Photo by Alex Slitz, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear declared an emergency Thursday, allowing the state to take special...
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New cases of the coronavirus remain high in Kentucky; state reports 70 more Covid-19 deaths, including a 16-year-old
Ky. Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health NewsThe metrics used to measure the pandemic in...
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As coronavirus cases increase, so do hospitalizations and deaths
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic continued to accelerate in Kentucky yesterday, especially in hospitals...
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Every Covid-19 indicator in Kentucky is up; hospital cases rose 52% in last month; but vaccinations are outpacing new cases
Ky. Health News graph (virus cases based on initial, unadjusted reports); click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As every metric used to measure the...