Coronavirus cases in Kentucky have dropped for four weeks in a row, and Covid-19 hospital numbers in state remain low-HEALTHYLIVE

Adapted screenshot of interactive New York Times map; for interactive version, click here . By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health N...
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Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine effectivness declines rapidly; seniors need to keep up their immunity, and we need a better vaccine-HEALTHYLIVE

Covid-Net graph; gray area (recent) may have delayed reporting and does not indicate trends. Kevin Kavanagh, M.D. By Ke...
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Bill to let advance-practice registered nurses prescribe controlled substances on their own passes Senate, until now its roadblock-HEALTHYLIVE

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After years of debate and momths of negotiations, a bill to create a path for Kentucky's advanc...
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Free-standing birth centers would no longer be subject to 'competitors' veto' under bills awaiting votes in Senate and House-HEALTHYLIVE

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Bills to exempt free-standing birth centers from Kentucky's certificate-of-need law have clea...
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Humana says it will drop commercial employer-sponsored health insurance and hopes to grow through government programs-HEALTHYLIVE

Humana's headquarters on Main Street in Louisville Kentucky Health News Louisivlle-based Humana Inc. , which originated as a ...
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With 'low confidence,' Energy Dept. says Covid-19 likely spread from a lab; FBI agrees; 4 other agencies and intel panel do not -HEALTHYLIVE

The Wuhan Institute of Virology is located in the city where the pandemic began.  (Photo by Hector Retamal, AFP/Getty) The Depart...
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State Supreme Court refuses to restore injunction blocking two laws, so in almost all cases abortion remains illegal in Kentucky-HEALTHYLIVE

Justices Robert Conley agreed with Justice Debra Lambert; Justice Shea Nickell largely agreed. Chief Justice Laurance Van Meter wrot...
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Opioid panel head says rules Beshear signed are sufficient, and being more specific would aid 'the most powerful and privileged'-HEALTHYLIVE

Bryan Hubbard (Photo by Melissa Patrick) By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The executive director of the state Opioid Aba...
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