Category: HEALTH POLICY
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Legislature will again be asked to let local governments pass tobacco-regulation ordinances, aimed at preventing youth use
Sen. Paul Hornback —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers can expect another bill to be filed in January to give local governments the ability to regulate tobacco...
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Sen. Rand Paul’s false claim that masks don’t work against the coronavirus gets Four Pinocchios from The Washington Post
Washington Post graphic —– By Salvador Rizzo The Washington Post “When you talk about the peer-reviewed studies of masks, there was one done in Denmark, showed that it didn’t work....
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Kentucky’s coronavirus infection rate jumps to 16th among the states; its 22% increase in cases the last two weeks ranks ninth
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge; interactive version is here. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The Thanksgiving lull is over and the pandemic...
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As positive-test rate zooms above 9% and hospital cases surge, Beshear urges more vaccinations, boosters and caution
Ky. Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted and updated by Ky. Health News; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians...
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As first U.S. Omicron case is found, Beshear says Delta remains ‘deadly and highly contagious’ in Ky.; over 3,000 new cases today
Ky. Health News chart (click to enlarge); case numbers are from initial, unadjusted daily reports. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky saw another day of increasing coronavirus cases,...
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As Kentucky’s pandemic numbers catch up with the holiday weekend, they jump; state’s positive-test rate is now 8.31%
State Dept. for Public Health map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky’s coronavirus metrics took another jump Tuesday,...
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State’s positive-test rate above 8%; Beshear and Biden say new Omicron variant creates cause for concern, but not panic
Kentucky Health News graph shows data for the last 30 days. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus in the last...
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TV commercials from aging quarterbacks and others for private Medicare plans don’t tell the whole story, such as high deductibles
Joe Namath, in image from Medicare Advantage TV commercial aired in Fall 2020 —– By Trudy Lieberman It seems nothing ever changes when it comes to hawking insurance to fill...
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Another reason to get the Covid-19 vaccine: Every case of the coronavirus is an opportunity for the virus to mutate
hopkinsmedicine.org photo —– Every case of the coronavirus — whether in an adult or a child and whether it is symptomatic or not — gives the virus another opportunity to...
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Kentucky’s coronavirus positive-test rate goes above 7%; lack of home tests will make Thanksgiving riskier than it should be
New York Times map, adapted by Ky. Health News; click it to enlarge or here for interactive version. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The pandemic in Kentucky mostly plateaued Wednesday as...