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  Kentucky Office of Rural Health’s Ernie Scott receives the 2020 Dan Martin Award for lifetime contributions for rural health

  Ernie Scott —– Ernie Scott, director of the Kentucky Office of Rural Health, is this year’s recipient of the Dan Martin Award for lifetime contribution to rural health in Kentucky. “It...

  By Al Cross Published November 16, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

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  Cases and positive-test rate continue to surge; Beshear says if cases keep increasing, Kentucky hospitals “will end up overrun”

  State Department for Public Health chart shows 94 counties in highest danger zone. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 2,342 new cases of the novel coronavirus in...

  By Al Cross Published November 13, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Pandemic may not have hurt Trump as much as expected, but McConnell adviser says it still made the difference in the election

  President Trump may not have suffered as much from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic as some of his allies and adversaries said before and just after the election. “Democrats and...

  By Al Cross Published November 13, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

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  Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously rules that Beshear’s emergency orders to fight pandemic are legal and constitutional

  By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Supreme Court of Kentucky has upheld, unanimously, Gov. Andy Beshear’s authority to issue emergency regulations in the coronavirus pandemic. “The governor’s orders were,...

  By Al Cross Published November 13, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

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  McConnell urges mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing; criticizes Democrats for remarks about vaccine rollout

  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pointed Thursday to fast-rising numbers of coronavirus cases and said “It’s urgent that all Americans continue the smart steps that have gotten us this far:...

  By Al Cross Published November 13, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY

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  Kentucky has highest day of new coronavirus cases by far, 2,700, as positive-test rate jumps to 8.12% and all other metrics are bad

  Ky. Health News graph; case numbers from unadjusted daily reports; click on it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported a record 2,700 new...

  By Al Cross Published November 12, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  4th highest day for virus cases; state issues Thanksgiving caution; 94 Kentucky counties are in one of White House’s danger zones

  White House Coronavirus Task Force table; for a larger version, click on it. —– By Lisa Gillespie and Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear reported 2,120 new cases...

  By Al Cross Published November 11, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  Beshear says Ky. testing practices provide “accurate picture” of coronavirus in Ky., contrary to two economists who say it doesn’t

  Paul Coomes and Kenneth Troske (L-R) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear disagreed Monday with two prominent Kentucky economists who want the state to do random...

  By Al Cross Published November 10, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  All the major metrics used to measure the coronavirus in Ky. have reached new highs; health chief expects them to keep going up

  State chart, relabeled by Ky. Health News; last week may be adjusted. Click it to enlarge. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Gov. Andy Beshear announced 1,745 new cases...

  By Al Cross Published November 10, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH

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  In the past week, Ky. has had the most new coronavirus cases yet; share of Kentuckians testing positive jumps again, to 7.24%

  Map, relabeled by Kentucky Health News, shows rates over last seven days. Click it to enlarge. —– By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Kentucky reported 1,177 new cases of the...

  By Al Cross Published November 10, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, HEALTH POLICY, YOUR HEALTH