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Kentucky newspapers offer editorial comment on acceleration of the pandemic and the governor’s response to it
Kentucky’s recent surge in coronavirus cases and covid-19 hospitalizations, and the governor’s latest emergency orders in response, has prompted editorial commentary from several newspapers. “November feels eerily similar to April and...
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Judge blocks Beshear’s ban on in-person religious schooling as the U.S. Supreme Court shifts the same way on a similar issue
Judge Greg Van Tatenhove —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News A federal judge issued an injunction Wednesday night that allows religious schools in Kentucky to continue in-person instruction, contrary...
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Sen. Rand Paul makes inaccurate remarks about virus, vaccines and ‘naturally acquired’ covid-19 disease, FactCheck finds
U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s Nov. 17 tweet —– U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is being taken to task for a series of remarks he has made about the novel...
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Ky. Center for Smoke-free Policy recognizes communities, groups and individuals who work to create smoke-free communities
Lori Fulton Brookbank is Smoke-free Advocate of the Year. Image from the Smoke-free Tomorrow Facebook page —– The Kentucky Center for Smoke-free Policy honored communities, groups and individuals from across the state who...
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Kentucky Office of Rural Health’s Ernie Scott receives the 2020 Dan Martin Award for lifetime contributions for rural health
Ernie Scott —– Ernie Scott, director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, is this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin Award for lifetime contribution to rural health in Kentucky. “It...
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Pandemic may not have hurt Trump as much as expected, but McConnell adviser says it still made the difference in the election
President Trump may not have suffered as much from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic as some of his allies and adversaries said before and just after the election. “Democrats and...
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Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously rules that Beshear’s emergency orders to fight pandemic are legal and constitutional
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Supreme Court of Kentucky has upheld, unanimously, Gov. Andy Beshear’s authority to issue emergency regulations in the coronavirus pandemic. “The governor’s orders were,...
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McConnell urges mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing; criticizes Democrats for remarks about vaccine rollout
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointed Thursday to fast-rising numbers of coronavirus cases and said “It’s urgent that all Americans continue the smart steps that have gotten us this far:...
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Trump lost in large part because he mishandled the pandemic, his aides and allies say; appears to have hurt his margin in Kentucky
Joe Biden usually wore a mask; President Trump didn’t. (Washington Post photos: Demetrius Freeman, Jabin Botsford) —– President Trump lost Tuesday’s election in large measure because he mismanaged the novel coronavirus,...
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Beshear rejects Senate leaders’ request for private meeting with health commissioner; Stivers criticizes governor’s approach
Robert Stivers —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear and state Senate President Robert Stivers clashed Thursday over the governor’s handling of the novel-coronavirus pandemic and his...