Category: OPINION
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Career-college CEO says to take a look at health care careers
By Bruce Kepley In the mid-1990s, I started and ran a business that trained workforces on specific computer software. Large companies would hire us to come in and train their...
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Writer worries about spread of virus in Central Ky. restaurants
By Randy Patrick I’m worried that many of the restaurants I’ve visited in Clark and Jessamine counties are following the guidelines for safe reopening of their dining rooms. I just...
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Rural Kentucky writer blames Trump, toxic masculinity, for many red state residents’ dislike of wearing masks
When Kentucky slowly began to reopen businesses a few weeks ago, Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, asked all Kentuckians to wear masks in public spaces. But many refused, seeming to...
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Most of Kentucky’s Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinic are testing for the coronavirus; anyone can get a test
By David Bolt CEO, Kentucky Primary Care Association The covid-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of health-care providers, networks and collaborations in our local communities. In particular, the Federally Qualified...
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National health secretary says health requires reopening
By Alex M. Azar U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, for The Washington Post President Trump’s top priority throughout the covid-19 crisis and his presidency has been protecting the health...
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‘I will wear a mask . . . for you’
By Becky Barnes Editor, The Cynthiana Democrat April 30, 2020 I’m not ready to die. I will stay away from crowds and, even though I am not a non-essential worker,...
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Pandemic has created divides, socioeconomic and political
A GrubHub delivery is made in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser, European Pressphoto Agency) —– Former labor secretary Robert Reich, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, writes for Common Dreams that the...
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Caring for your lungs, including avoiding tobacco smoke and e-cig aerosol, can help protect you from coronavirus, professors write
By Ellen Hahn and Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli Professor & director, and associate professor, BREATHE, University of Kentucky The novel coronavirus attacks our airways, making it difficult to breathe. It is particularly important to take...
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Just as virus was found to be more infectious than first thought, protections for patients, health workers were relaxed, doc writes
By Kevin Kavanagh, M.D., for Infection Control Today Last week there were several revelations which caused grave concerns. The covid-19 virus was found to be more infectious, more dangerous; and at...
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Many times, losing your job also means losing health insurance; here’s a guide to replacing your employer-paid coverage
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service The growing numbers of unemployed Americans – likely to hit 20 million or more due to the coronavirus – bring with them a...