Category: YOUR HEALTH
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State House sends the Senate an omnibus anti-abortion bill
Rep. Nancy Tate presenting SB3 on House floor. LRC photo. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After two hours of debate Wednesday, the state House passed an omnibus anti-abortion...
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Youth mental health, which has become more problematic in the pandemic, is being addressed at local, state and national levels
Wilson (Spectrum News image) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News At a time when President Biden and the federal government have sounded alarms about an increase in mental-health issues in...
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State as a whole moves out of the ‘red zone” but 51 counties are still in it; infection rate 6th, hospitalization rate 3rd among states
NYT graphs show new-case rates of the top state, Maine; Kentucky (which ranks sixth); and the only bordering state in the top 10, West Virginia (which ranks fifth). Kentucky ranks third...
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Opinion: Legislature is moving bill that would restrict abortion rights while ignoring several filed to help babies and mothers
Photo illustration from Dreamstime —– This opinion was originally published in the Lexington Herald-Leader. By Linda Blackford Herald-Leader Opinion Editor Why bother writing about abortion access in Kentucky? The die is cast, as...
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State is almost out of the ‘red zone’ but still ranks 6th in nation, and many counties still have high coronavirus infection rates
Ky. Health News graph, from state data; click on it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky remains one of the states most affected by the coronavirus,...
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State and schools get new Covid-19 guidance; Beshear makes employee masks optional; state will go from daily to weekly report
State Dept. for Public Health graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News As Kentucky came close to leaving the statewide “red...
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Kentucky’s coronavirus infection rate is sixth among the states and its Covid-19 hospitalization rate ranks second
New York Times graphs show top nine states in infection rates, and the national rate. Click to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The waning pandemic continues to...
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Flu cases in Ky. still low, but state reports a flu-related death
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has reported its first death from influenza this season, even as flu cases have remain low and stable for about four weeks. The...
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Rate of new vaccination against coronavirus in U.S. at new low; new and additional vaccinations in Kentucky also at record low
Rates of new and additional vaccination against the coronavirus in Kentucky and the nation have hit new lows. Over the last seven days, the average number of Covid-19 vaccinations in...
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Bill would let Medicaid to pay certified community health workers
Rep. Kim Moser speaking at a Feb. 17 news conference about HB 525. (Photo from news release) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A bill to require Medicaid reimbursement...