Category: FEATURED
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Feds give state $7 million to help deal with lingering behavioral-health impacts of 2019 flooding in 21 Eastern Kentucky counties
Grant will help three southeastern regions, highlighted by roughly patterned area. —– Kentucky is getting a $7 million federal grant to expand behavioral-health services in 21 Appalachian counties to help...
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Anthem settles states’ lawsuit over data breach that affected 2.3 million Kentuckians; state will get more than $1.9 million
Kentucky will get $1,929,942 from Anthem Inc. as part of a 43-state settlement for a data security breach that “compromised the personal information of 78.8 million Americans,” said a news release from...
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Kentucky has its second highest day of coronavirus cases, 1,018; Beshear urges mask wearing, asks schools not to take fall breaks
State Department for Public Health map; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Lisa Gillespie Kentucky Health News Tuesday marked the second highest day of new coronavirus cases since the...
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Ky. could be in third big escalation of cases, just as most schools open; Beshear lectures those that are open in ‘red zones’
State graph, adapted by Kentucky Health News; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After Kentucky hit the highest number of weekly coronavirus...
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State hits the White House red zone for coronavirus cases, but has fewer counties in red or yellow zones than previous week
Table from White House Coronavirus Task Force report; for a larger version, click on it. —– The latest report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force puts Kentucky in the task...
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Case numbers virtually assure worst week yet; student parties near UK stir worry about campus cases thwarting K-12 classes
Students partied on University Avenue in Lexington Saturday. (Herald-Leader photo by Alex Slitz) —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The state recorded 456 more cases of the novel coronavirus yesterday,...
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First webinar of annual health forum shows much work needed to improve the lives of Ky. children; effects of covid-19 still unknown
Kentucky has several very bad rankings when it comes to children’s well-being. This was among the slides Kentucky Youth Advocates Executive Director Terry Brooks showed during the forum. —– By...
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A message to Kentucky journalists: Don’t let fatigue and friction discourage you from covering the pandemic
Illustration from Medium.com —– By Al Cross Director and professor, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky; publisher, Kentucky Health News Just as some people are tiring...
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973 new cases, 4th highest day and biggest week yet; Beshear asks for mask wearing, says he sees less of it sometimes
Kentucky Department for Public Health map; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky recorded 973 new cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday,...
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7-day case average sets a record, with fifth highest daily total; 12 more die; schools in major metros not joining others in opening
Kentucky Health News graph, based on initial, unadjusted daily reports; click on it for larger version —– By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced...