The Lawrence school board on Thursday formally adopted criteria for guidance on how to conduct school amid the coronavirus pandemic, adding more criteria to consider than local health officials have previously. The board’s criteria is based on the Kansas State Department of Education’s ...
Gov. Laura Kelly launched a new COVID-19 public health campaign and testing website on Thursday, according to a news release from her office. The campaign, called "Stop the Spread. It's Up to Us, Kansas," will share the importance of getting tested, wearing masks and social distancing this ...
Updated at 3:41 p.m. Thursday Douglas County's health department is asking that local health care employers who are interested in having their employees receive an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine enroll for the county's COVID-19 vaccination program. The Kansas Department of Health and ...
One more Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the health department, making this the fifth COVID-19-related death in the past week. The death announced Wednesday is also the youngest person to have died from COVID-19 in the county to date. The new death, which brings ...
One more Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the local health department’s update about the virus on Tuesday. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that 25 people — seven residents between the ages of 65 and 74, five residents between the ages ...
Three more Douglas County residents have died from COVID-19, according to the health department’s Monday update about the virus, meaning 25 residents total have been killed by the virus. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that 22 people — six residents between the ...