Kentucky Health News chart; hospitalizations are not reported on weekends.     By Melissa Patrick  Kentucky Health News   With every b...
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Never Waste a Good CrisisHealthy Research
“The NHS is an incredible feat of the imagination – complete strangers care for you and this means that it is social medicine and social hea...
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McConnell: 'We cannot go back to April, and we cannot go right back to normal,' so wear a mask (no stigma!) to protect othersHealthy Care
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered these remarks on the Senate floor today.  “Each time I’ve returned home over the last sever...
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Six months in, here are 3 takes on the pandemic from those who cover the politics of health: optimistic, realistic and pessimisticHealthy Care
By Dan Diamond and Adan Cancryn  Politico Pulse   It’s been nearly six months since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  first an...
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Coronavirus update: Hospitals will get drug than can shorten covid-19 stays by a third; Kentucky's positive-test rate is stableHealthy Care
The federal government has secured half a million treatment courses of the experimental covid-19 drug remdesivir, and hospitals will pay no ...
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Hospitals say they need more federal money to offset pandemic losses; worry people still afraid to come in for careHealthy Care
 Kentucky Hospital Association and Kentucky Medical Association public-service announcement   By Melissa Patrick  Kentucky Health News   The...
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Sunday cases low, as usual; 7-day average remains elevated; 30-year-old dies; people in their 20s now account for most Ky. casesHealthy Care
      State map of all cases, labeled by Kentucky Health News; click on it for a larger version.     Kentucky officials reported 97 new coro...
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Do Cry for Those in Arizona: What Happens When Polticians Disregard Health Care and Public Health Professionals During a PandemicHealthy Care Renewal
Introduction: Health Care Professionals Vilified After They Caution Against Premature Reopening During the Pandemic As we discussed in April...
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Pastor says the pandemic is like driving: Distancing and masking are much like wearing a seat belt and watching your speedHealthy Care
       Paul Prather     Paul Prather of Mount Sterling, a Pentecostal minister and former Lexington Herald-Leader  religion reporter who sti...
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Covid-19 update: Long-term-care visits will come with restrictionsHealthy Care
 Video from Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander runs 5 minutes and 35 seconds.   If you plan to visit a long-term-care fac...
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New cases drive up Ky. seven-day average for fifth straight day; Republican senators want Trump to get in the fight, wear a maskHealthy Care
       Kentucky Health News chart shows daily cases for last two weeks and 7-day average for each day.     By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick  ...
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Dust from Sahara could pose a health threat through weekendHealthy Care
  Video from CNN  shows forecast for Saharan dust cloud through Sunday evening.   Dust from the Sahara Desert has made sunsets west of Louis...
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New focus on obesity makes Ky. kids' health ranking plummet in annual report; 38% of them are either overweight or obeseHealthy Care
By Melissa Patrick  Kentucky Health News   The 31st annual Kids Count Data Book on children's well being, released June 22 by the Annie ...
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Anthem and Passport appeal Beshear administration's decision kicking them out of state's Medicaid business as of Jan. 1Healthy Care
By Lisa Gillespie  Kentucky Health News   Passport Health Plan  and Anthem Kentucky , twice denied by different governors the chance to keep...
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State health chief tells Kentuckians who have been to Myrtle Beach to self-quarantine, notes rises in cases in other states tooHealthy Care
  The state Department for Public Health  issued an advisory  Thursday afternoon to Kentuckians who had traveled in the last two weeks to My...
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Health departments getting temporary workers to trace contacts of people who have the coronavirus; start of school will be big testHealthy Care
       Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  chart, via CFCF     By Lisa Gillespie  Kentucky Health News   As restaurants have reopene...
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