Latest CDC map shows all of Kentucky has low level of Covid-19
CDC map shows all of Kentucky in green, for low levels of Covid-19 transmission. —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Every county in Kentucky has a low level of...
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Appalachian Food for Health Diabetes Prevention virtual event is Tuesday, April 26; it’s free, but registration is required
The fourth Appalachian Food for Health Diabetes Prevention event will take place Tuesday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. The virtual event will focus on food and...
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Beshear says he is looking at ways to bring medical marijuana to Ky. by executive action, while seeking public’s opinion on topic
Business Insider map provided by Beshear’s office, adapted by Ky. Health News —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News After a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Kentucky failed again...
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Judge blocks state’s new anti-abortion law, pending study of it
U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings —– Kentucky Health News A federal judge has blocked Kentucky’s broad, new anti-abortion law, saying it has so many restrictions that she needs time to...
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Kentucky highway fatalities rose again in 2021, by 3%; once more, most of those killed were not wearing their seat belt
Ky. Health News graph from state data shows fatalities not using a seat belt, and in which alcohol, speeding or aggressive driving, and distracted driving were involved, and the total...
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Coronavirus cases and positive-test rate in Kentucky are rising, but deaths and hospital numbers are declining more
Kentucky Health News chart from state data —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Daily cases and the share of Kentuckians testing positive for the coronavirus are rising again, apparently...
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Kentucky’s two clinics suspend abortions as lawsuits challenge new law that is called ‘one of the most restrictive in the nation’
Rep. Randy Bridges, R-Paducah, gives a thumbs down to abortion advocates who chanted “Bans off our bodies” at the state Capitol April 13. (Photo by Ryan C. Hermens, Lexington Herald-Leader) —–...
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Health bills were among those that passed (some with overrides of vetoes) and failed in the last two days of the legislative session
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Republican legislature overrode more than two dozen of Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s vetoes Wednesday and Thursday, including a wide-ranging abortion bill that was...
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Coronavirus cases in Kentucky dropped again, but the state’s positive-test rate and deaths attributed to Covid-19 ticked up a bit
Kentucky Health News graph from weekly state reports —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations dropped again in Kentucky last week, but deaths and the share...
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Beshear vetoes public-assistance, abortion bills; gets one more month of pandemic food benefits; more health bills could pass
Gov. Andy Beshear, signing and vetoing bills on Thursday, April 7 (KHN photo by Melissa Patrick) —– By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky lawmakers will return to Frankfort Wednesday...