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Latest White House report has fewer Kentucky counties in danger zones, drops two points of preventive advice from previous report

Table from White House Coronavirus Task Force report; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky got a better report this week from...

By Al Cross Published August 5, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

July 26 federal report said that in most of Ky., nursing-home visits should stop, and obese, diabetics, hypertensive should stay home

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News The latest weekly report to states from the White House Coronavirus Task Force contains many recommendations for state and local officials that Kentucky officials have not implemented or...

By Al Cross Published August 4, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Hospitals overall are losing money, and it’s likely to get worse; Cynthiana hospital says it’s ‘at a negative 25% margin’

A report prepared for the American Hospital Association predicts half of the nation’s hospitals will be losing money by the end of the year unless Congress gives them more relief money, and...

By Al Cross Published August 3, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

UK HealthCare again best Ky. hospital in U.S. News & World Report rankings; Baptist Health has two of seven on state list

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Seven Kentucky hospitals are included in the nation’s “Best Regional Hospitals” in the latest annual rankings by the magazine U.S. News & World Report. They...

By Al Cross Published August 3, 2020 HEALTH BUSINESS

Cases up, positive-test rate down; Beshear says mask mandate having effect, but suggests more people should work from home

State chart adapted by KHN; current period has 3 of 7 days remaining; at current rate would be 3845. —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Thursday’s...

By Al Cross Published July 31, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Republicans’ new relief plan has less for hospitals, nothing for Medicaid; McConnell ‘faces flak from both left and right’

Senate Republicans’ latest covid-19 relief proposal “sets up new fights over health funding even as the pandemic continues to overwhelm the country,” report Dan Diamond and Adam Cancryn of Politico. “There’s more hospital bailout cash,...

By Al Cross Published July 29, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY

As case numbers hit a near-record and positive-test rate surges, Beshear asks churches to drop in-person services and says he will limit some business activity Monday if the surges don’t abate

By Melissa Patrick and Al Cross Kentucky Health News After reporting Kentucky’s second highest daily number of new coronavirus cases and a surging positive-test rate, Gov. Andy Beshear asked churches...

By Al Cross Published July 27, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Beshear says he wouldn’t ask teachers to return to classrooms now, and may ask schools planning early-August starts to wait

By Al CrossKentucky Health NewsAs Kentucky’s coronavirus surge continued Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear said he wouldn’t ask a teacher to resume teaching now, but “I want to see where we...

By Al Cross Published July 24, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

Foundation’s annual policy forum shifts gears in pandemic, to be a series of monthly webinars on children’s health, starting Sept. 21

The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s 20th annual policy forum will focus on policies and programs that reduce the chances of disease and unhealthy behaviors that often begin in childhood, including...

By Al Cross Published July 23, 2020 DRUGS, EVENTS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, TOBACCO

Hospitalizations and positive-test rates increase; daily cases fall, but 7-day average inches up; Beshear says deaths will rise

Rhonda King leaves the hospital. (Image from WLKY-TV) —– By Al Cross and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News More Kentuckians are testing positive for the coronavirus and more of them are...

By Al Cross Published July 23, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH BUSINESS, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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