Category: HEALTH POLICY
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‘Get your shot. Today!’ Rep. Rogers urges at groundbreaking for hospital-linked clinic in McCreary County, which has no hospital
“Get your shot. Today!” 5th District U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers of Somerset says in a video circulated by the Kentucky Primary Care Association. He says he tells the unvaccinated that...
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Kentuckians hesitant or resistant to Covid-19 vaccines cite worry about side effects, and distrust of government and the vaccines
Kentucky Health News graph from Quote Wizard base —– Kentuckians’ lack of vaccination for the coronavirus stems mainly from worries about side effects, distrust of the vaccines and government. They’re also waiting...
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Pediatricians cite rising cases of Covid-19 cases in youth as cause for worry, say vaccines make it largely preventable
Fayette County School Supt. Demetrus Liggins, center right, greeted second-grade students of Laura Crance, center left, on their first day of school. (Photo by Marcus Dorsey, Lexington Herald-Leader) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky...
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State school board issues mask mandate; hospitals say they’re filling up; Beshear says he won’t reimpose limits on business
Kentucky Health News graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to approve an emergency regulation for...
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With almost 3,000 new coronavirus cases, Kentucky’s rate of increase is among the fastest in the nation; deaths are up too
State Dept. for Public Health map, relabeled by Ky. Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported almost 3,000 new cases of...
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Cameron challenges Beshear’s school masking order; state school board is set to issue its own mask mandate tomorrow
Photo from Salon.com —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The emergency order Gov. Andy Beshear issued Tuesday to require universal masking in all school districts is already being challenged...
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Sen. Rand Paul is kicked off YouTube for a week for making a false claim that cloth masks are ineffective in fighting Covid-19
U. S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. (Photo from Politico) —– YouTube has suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for a week because of a video in which he falsely claimed that masks are ineffective in fighting...
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Beshear orders all in schools to wear masks, says he’s willing to re-institute broader indoor mask mandate ‘if necessary’
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Citing what his health chief called “the fastest and steepest rise of the entire pandemic” Tuesday, Gov. Andy Beshear issued an emergency order requiring...
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Beshear says Republicans at Fancy Farm should have taken ‘one minute’ from attacking him to promote coronavirus vaccinations
Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles was the most outspoken. (Photo by Ryland Barton, WFPL) —– Republicans at Saturday’s Fancy Farm Picnic took several familiar shots at absent Gov. Andy Beshear’s handling of...
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Covid-19 hospitalizations in Kentucky have increased by 400% in the last month, and have risen for 26 consecutive days
Ky. Health News graph, from initial, unadjusted daily reports; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The number of people hospitalized for the Covid-19 disease...