Story updated at 2:31 p.m. Thursday NEW YORK (AP) — With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. It was some of ...
A long-simmering, multimillion-dollar debate between LMH Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas came into full view Wednesday morning as the hospital questioned the future of its relationship with the area’s largest health insurance provider. Members of the nonprofit hospital’s board ...
Lawrence’s hospital is projecting a more than 500% increase in COVID-19 inpatients in the next two weeks, an infectious disease expert said Tuesday night at a town hall meeting on the pandemic. LMH Health infectious disease specialist Jennifer Schrimsher showed the projections during the ...
Douglas County hit new highs on Monday with the number of COVID-19 inpatients at its local hospital and the average number of new cases per day. The health department also announced Monday that a twentieth Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County ...
As COVID-19 cases ramp up in Kansas, hospital beds for virus patients are in high demand. Lawrence’s hospital is currently able to accept patients from other counties and states, a hospital spokesperson confirmed on Monday. LMH Health is caring for inpatients outside of Douglas County on a ...
The recent surge in coronavirus cases in Douglas County is slowing down contact tracing and could also be delaying efforts to notify people that they should quarantine, but public health leaders say these efforts are still helping to mitigate the spread of the disease. Lawrence-Douglas County ...