The webinar is free but registration is required. Register here: https://bit.lu/2FgenhY Substance use among young people is a per...
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Omnibus relief bill includes ban on mail sales of e-cigarette products; FedEx will not handle shipments after March 1Healthy Care
The catch-all bill to keep the government open, provide pandemic relief and do many other things includes a ban on mail shipments of electro...
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Positive-test rate jumps above 9% on seventh highest day of new coronavirus cases; 29 more deaths; state auditor tests positiveHealthy Care
New York Times map, adapted by Kentucky Health News; click here for interactive version By Al Cross Kentucky Health News All ...
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Beshear worries that New Year's on top of Christmas will reverse Kentucky's recent progress on thwarting the novel coronavirusHealthy Care
Pandemic thrusts Health Commissioner Steven Stack from usually low-profile job into often harsh spotlight of public scrutinyHealthy Care
State Health Commissioner Steven Stack, M.D., made a point during a news conference as Gov. Andy Beshear listened. (Photo by Matt Ston...
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Legislation to fix surprise medical billing won't apply to ground ambulances, but may produce data that will spur their inclusionHealthy Care
The new law will apply to air ambulances of Lifeguard Emergency Services of Eastern Kentucky and those of other U.S. ambulance servic...
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Beshear's Facebook post shows generally stable numbers; comments on it reveal support, skepticism and unhappinessHealthy Care
Ky. Health News graph; click it to enlarge. New cases reflect unadjusted initial daily reports. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News ...
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Trump helped get vaccines produced quickly, but he and some of his allies are complicating efforts to get people to take themHealthy Care
Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci listened as Dr. Deborah Birx, response coordinator of the White House Coronavirus Task Force , spoke sever...
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State reports Christmas Eve was pandemic's second-deadliest day, with 53 Covid-19 deaths, but positive-test rate fell below 8%Healthy Care
Screenshot of adapted New York Times interactive map shows Kentucky better than adjoining states but with hotspots like Clinton and C...
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As state heads into a long holiday weekend, new-case average keeps ticking up but Beshear emphasizes recent successesHealthy Care
White House Coronavirus Task Force chart; for a larger version, click on it. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky's av...
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Trump's Horrendous Mismanagement of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Don't Say You Weren't WarnedHealthy Care Renewal
The Washington Post published just the latest in a growing genre, short-term retrospectives on how the Trump administration horrendously mi...
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As virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths tick back up, Beshear says holiday actions may determine who's around for next year's Healthy Care
Governor, legislative leaders, chief justice, cabinet secretary, health commissioner, first lady get vaccinated in Capitol rotundaHealthy Care
First lady Britainy Beshear watches as nurse Michelle Searcy of the Franklin County Health Department gives the governor a dose of ...
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Beshear says people 75 and older have 'compelling argument' to get vaccine after nursing homes and health-care workersHealthy Care
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentuckians 75 and older have a "very compelling argument" to be among those next in line to ge...
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Kentucky shows little improvement in America's Health Rankings; we're getting less exercise, and diabetes has increasedHealthy Care
America's Health Rankings chart, relabeled by Kentucky Health News; to enlarge, click on it. By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Hea...
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Study of young people's e-cigarette use early in pandemic shows many had quit or cut back, but some under 21 were still buyingHealthy Care
Tobacco21.org photo By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study of young electronic-cigarette users in May found that most ha...
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McConnell puts fix for 'surprise billing' problem in must-pass billHealthy Care
McConnell on Dec. 15 (Pool photo by Rod Lamkey via AP) The massive bill to keep the government open and provide $900 billion in pa...
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Moderna vaccine arrives in Kentucky; 26 deaths push 7- and 14-day trends to new highs; Congress finalizes $900 billion relief billHealthy Care
A UPS truck with Moderna vaccine got a police escort in Louisville. (Image from WAVE-TV ) By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As t...
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Paper says it has 'story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter'Healthy Care
Vice President Pence speaks for the task force March 9. (Photo by Jabin Botsford, Washington Post) A month ago, as doctors on t...
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