A local health center that serves American Indians and Alaska Natives is further along in the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process than Douglas County as a whole, due to the smaller population size the facility is serving.
Haskell Indian Health Center is now serving all American Indians and Alaska Natives who are old enough to qualify to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Capt. Kelly Battese, the CEO of Haskell ...
Updated at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday
Qualifying faculty and staff members from Douglas County universities will soon be included in Phase 2 vaccine distribution, according to the county health department.
George Diepenbrock, spokesperson for Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, said that the health department recently received guidance from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment that local public health ...
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues, local health leaders say that prioritizing people for the shots isn't as simple as it looks, and that the size of the county's weekly allocations depends on how quickly it distributes the shots it has.
In a virtual panel discussion about testing, vaccination and equity on Tuesday night, Brian Bradfield, associate vice president of ancillary services at LMH Health, ...
Updated at 11:55 a.m. Monday
The University of Kansas Faculty Senate will have a discussion of no-confidence regarding the chancellor and provost in its meeting on Thursday, according to an email sent out by the president of the Faculty Senate.
The matter was put on Thursday's agenda after a motion from a faculty member and approval by simple majority vote at the previous Faculty Senate meeting, according to ...
John Nalbandian looks forward to Tuesdays, when he can Zoom into a weekly bingo game hosted by the Lawrence Public Library.
It’s not the same as playing bingo in person, of course, but it’s a means of staying connected with others, the former Lawrence mayor said.
“I live alone. I’m widowed now, and so knowing that we’re going to do bingo on Tuesday at 4 o’clock, that’s nice for me,” he said. ...
Updated at 4:20 p.m.Friday
Data from four local health organizations showed that nearly 17,000 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 16,758 first doses and 4,495 second doses of ...
