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U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds. The Food and Drug Administration's decision opens a fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines to that age ...
Douglas County’s coronavirus numbers continue to drop; fewer than 10 new COVID-19 cases have been added to the tally since Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s last update on Friday. As of Monday afternoon, the county had 118 active COVID cases, a drop of 24 since Friday. Along with ...
TOPEKA — For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, some Kansas hospitals are seeing low to no COVID-19 patients in critical care units as case numbers statewide appear to be in a lull. Case numbers across the state continue to decrease from the spike in omicron variant cases in ...
Though the number of new coronavirus cases in Douglas County has remained low this week, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has added a third COVID death to the toll. The death that was listed Friday — a man in the 55-64 age category — took place in December 2021. According to the ...
Douglas County has added another COVID-19 death to its tally, the second death this week, according to new figures from Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. However, the county has added only nine new cases of COVID since the health department's last update on Monday, and LMH Health still ...
Douglas County added another COVID-19 death over the weekend. The death, a woman between 35 and 44 years old, was reported by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health Monday bringing the total 132 since March 2020. The county reported only 10 new cases over the weekend bringing the cumulative ...