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Anthem funds scholarships for Eastern Kentucky health workers
Leon Lamoreaux —– By Leon Lamoreaux President, Anthem Kentucky Medicaid For generations, Kentucky’s rural communities have been built by families, separated by miles and miles from the nearest city. Those...
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‘I have never seen anything like it’ in 40 years of hospital work, says administrator of Morehead hospital, still overrrun
Kentucky hospitals have seen fewer cases of Covid-19 lately, but the number who are in intensive care, with the majority of those on mechanical ventilation, still pose major challenges for...
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Only 54% of state Corrections staff vaccinated against Covid-19, but state wary of mandate for fear of losing employees
The state is relying on testing, not a vaccine mandate, as it tries to walk the narrow path between thwarting Covid-19 outbreaks in prisons and keeping enough employees to run...
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‘Kentuckians not coming together to fight this virus with all their might is . . . making a pact with the devil,’ retired doctor writes
Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. —– By Dr. Kevin Kavanagh I must say I have lost all patience and have just had enough. Never in the history of the United States has the...
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Kentucky program, first of its kind in the nation, makes it less risky for employers to hire people with substance-use disorder
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has launched a new program that will lessen the risk of liability to employers who hire or retain people with substance-use disorder —...
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Corbin mayor asks the unvaccinated to ‘shelter in place’ to keep city’s 273-bed regional hospital from being overwhelmed
Suzie Razmus (via Facebook) —– Voicing worry that Corbin’s regional hospital can’t cope with the raft of Covid-19 patients, Mayor Suzie Razmus is advising unvaccinated people to stay home. “I just...
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Beshear says legislature now ‘owns this pandemic’ and urges local school officials to impose their own mask mandates
Ky. Health News graph; case numbers are from initial, unadjusted reports; click it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News “The legislature owns this pandemic moving forward” because...
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Lawmakers pass bill to not allow statewide mask mandate until 2023, along with other health-related pandemic measures
Frankfort capitol building —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky General Assembly has passed a bill to prevent a statewide mask mandate until June 2023, and shifting the...
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FDA orders thousands of electronic cigarettes off the market, but delays a decision on Juul, the most popular brand
Photo by Eva Hambach, Agence France-Presse via Getty —– The Food and Drug Administration “delayed a high-stakes decision on whether to permit bestselling vaping brand Juul to stay on the market, while ordering thousands of other electronic...
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Legislature moves to leave mask mandates up to local officials and businesses as state’s positive-test rate reaches a new high
State Department for Public Health graph; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Kentucky General Assembly is quickly moving to leave...