Updated at 10:08 a.m. Wednesday
Douglas County will begin administering its first doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this week, according to the health department.
The county received 900 doses of the newly FDA-approved vaccine from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment in the last week. George Diepenbrock, spokesperson for Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, said those doses ...
A fourth-time expectant mother was considering leaving her medical team at LMH Health less than a month before she was due, until the Lawrence hospital announced on Friday that it would change its delivery room policies.
Nina Trummel delivered her first three children at LMH Health with the help of her medical team and a local doula. But until Monday, expectant mothers were allowed only one support person ...
Graduate students at the University of Kansas led a protest Monday afternoon related to possible budget cuts they say will result in the loss of Graduate Teaching Assistant positions.
Neill Kennedy, the president of KU’s Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition (GTAC), said in a phone call with the Journal-World Monday morning that they expect up to 40% of GTA positions could be eliminated.
Colleges and ...
Though Carl Edwards had always admired the home he and his husband now own, he didn’t like the way its then-green paint concealed the building among the trees in the front yard.
“The house just sunk back into the darkness,” he said. But now, the brick home with its blue paint, red shutters and wooden porch chairs has a bright, welcoming feel in the historic Pinckney Neighborhood.
Edwards and his ...
Data from four local health organizations showed that more than 21,700 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday.
Altogether, data from the four distributors — LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Heartland Community Health Center and Haskell Indian Health Center — showed that 21,752 first doses and 10,829 second doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been ...
Updated at 5:14 p.m. Thursday
Unified Command has announced a new COVID-19 help line that Douglas County residents can call for all questions related to the virus.
The line can be reached at 785-864-9000 and will be available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Any calls outside of those hours will be rerouted to the United Way of Douglas County. Residents are encouraged to ...
