By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky will open up coronavirus vaccinations to residents 16 and older Monday, after thousands o...
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Vaccinations coming to Kentucky state prisons next week, after an increasing number of questions about why it took so long-HEALTHYLIVE
By Bruce Maples and Al Cross Kentucky Health News As the state's coronavirus vaccination program has gradually expanded, so have quest...
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Kentucky pandemic numbers stay on a rough plateau or decline, contrary to national trend-HEALTHYLIVE
By Bruce Maples Kentucky Health News As the rest of the country is seeing increasing numbers of new Covid-19 cases, Kentucky continues at...
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Nurses shouldn't have to choose between integrity and compliance, one writes, calling for a standard national work system-HEALTHYLIVE
The writer is a licensed practical nurse in Central City. She wrote this for The Leader-News . By Dara Bratcher Integrity is one of the m...
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Kentucky's one-dose vaccination rate is above adjoining states', but its positive-test and new-case averages have hit plateaus-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily reports of cases By Bruce Maples and Al Cross Kentucky Health New...
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People gave up on influenza pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of prevention – and many of them paid a price-HEALTHYLIVE
Armistice Day celebrations of the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 1918, worried public-health experts as people crowded together in ci...
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Pike, Woodford, Perry, Fayette and Floyd counties lead Kentucky in full vaccination, Washington Post reports, using CDC data-HEALTHYLIVE
Screenshot of Washington Post interactive map; click it to enlarge. Click here for interactive version . By Al Cross Kentucky H...
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State records 11th consecutive week of fewer new cases, but its positive-test and new-case averages go up a little Sunday -HEALTHYLIVE
By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Two key measures of the pandemic took a turn upward Sunday, even as Gov. Andy Beshear pointed out that the...
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Ky. missed over 700 Covid-19 deaths because one state worker stopped double-checking reports in an antiquated system-HEALTHYLIVE
State table, adapted by Ky. Health News, lists deaths from audit added on Friday. Kentucky missed more than 700 Covid-19 deaths f...
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New-case and positive-test averages stable as U.S. numbers rise-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted case numbers announced daily By Al Cross Kentucky Health News As natio...
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Special open enrollment period for government-subsidized health insurance extended to Aug. 15; new rules expand who qualifies -HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The special open enrollment period for people to buy government-subsidized health insurance on t...
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Positive-test rate falls to 2.8%, about half of what it was 4 weeks ago; other pandemic metrics decline; death toll surpasses 6,000-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky Health News graph; click on it to enlarge. By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Every measure of the pandemic in Kentucky...
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Four Ky. health groups mount campaign for vaccinations-HEALTHYLIVE
To overcome hesitancy or resistance to vaccination against the novel coronavirus, four Kentucky health groups have started a campaign of pu...
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Community health centers get $96 million for Covid-19 work-HEALTHYLIVE
Kentucky's 25 federally qualified health centers, generally known as community health centers, will share more than $96 million in grant...
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Tax removed from e-cig hardware sold separately from liquid -HEALTHYLIVE
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The General Assembly has passed legislation to remove the 15 percent wholesale tax on the hardwar...
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