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State ranks 14th in childhood trauma; a coalition called Bloom Kentucky has formed to seek statewide policies to change that
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A collaboration of 31 grantmaking organizations across Kentucky have launched an initiative to focus on statewide policy changes to prevent and lessen the impacts...
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Chain with 11 Ky. nursing homes stops visits when an employee tests positive, but still isn’t making employees get vaccinated
Christian Health Center in Hopkinsville (Photos by Jennifer P. Brown) —– Christian Care Communities, which operates 11 nursing homes in Kentucky, “is using what it learned to minimize the risk of...
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Vaccination rate of Kentucky Medicaid members is about half the overall rate; even $100 incentives seem to have little effect
Eric Friedlander, secretary of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and Gov. Andy Beshear (file photo) —– One of the biggest obstacles to protecting Kentucky from the coronavirus is...
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UK HealthCare again best Ky. hospital in U.S. News & World Report rankings; Baptist Health has two of top six in the state
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Six Kentucky hospitals have been named among the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the annual ranking by U.S. News & World Report magazine. They are, in...
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McConnell using his campaign funds to run pro-vaccine ads
McConnell (Reuters photo by Joshua Roberts) —– U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell will use funds from his campaign to run 60-second advertisements on more than 100 radio stations in Kentucky to promote vaccination...
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FactCheck: Origin of the novel coronavirus remains unclear, but U.S. Sen. Rand Paul overstates the case for the Chinese lab
Fauci and Paul sparred at a Senate committee hearing. —– By Lori Robertson and Jessica McDonald FactCheck.org At a July 20 U,S. Senate hearing, Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony...
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Closed hospitals in Ky. border counties in Va. and W.Va. are reopening, one as part of a chain, one bought by a local clinic
Its old slogan: “Your Friends on the Hill.” (HD Media photo) —– “Rural hospitals must leverage the full resources of their communities in order to survive.” That’s the “most critical” lesson...
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National settlement would bring Kentucky and its local governments $460 million over 18 years to fight opioid epidemic
Opioid tablets (Getty Images photo) —– Kentucky’s Daniel Cameron and other state attorneys general announced Wednesday a tentative settlement with the nation’s three top drug distributors and drug maker Johnson & Johnson for their...
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Paul-Fauci feud escalates; they trade allegations of lying
The long-running acrimony between U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, escalated Tuesday, as Paul strongly implied that Fauci had...
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More Republicans join Biden and health experts in going after vax misinformers; McConnell is more reserved; Paul is a chief skeptic
McConnell declined to comment on GOP vaccine skeptics. (Washington Post video) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Voices are rising against misinformation and disinformation about coronavirus vaccines, even in the...