Story updated at 3:26 p.m. Tuesday:
Local vaccine distributors have processes in place to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines don’t go unused at the end of their vaccination clinics.
LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health and Heartland Community Health Center said that if doses remained at the end of a clinic, their strategy was to contact Phase 1 or Phase 2 candidates who have yet to be vaccinated. ...
Amid concerns regarding new strains of COVID-19 spreading across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released additional guidance and a new report on Wednesday about best practices for wearing masks.
According to the report, experiments conducted by the CDC showed that exposure to potentially infectious aerosols decreased by about 95% when two mannequins both wore tightly fitted ...
Story updated at 5:23 p.m. Friday
Data from four local health organizations showed that nearly 12,000 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered in Douglas County as of Thursday.
Karrey Britt, spokesperson for Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, sent data compiled from reports by LMH Health, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, Haskell Indian Health Center and Heartland Community Health ...
Two local in-store pharmacies have been selected to participate in a federal COVID-19 vaccine distribution program.
Walmart pharmacies, including the one on Congressional Drive in Lawrence, and Dillons Food Stores pharmacies, including the one on 23rd and Naismith, were selected as participating locations for the U.S. Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. Walmart said it will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines ...
A vote will be required for the Kansas Board of Regents to allow the University of Kansas an extension for submitting a framework to use a controversial new policy, according to the board's spokesperson.
Last week, KU’s provost Barbara Bichelmeyer announced that KU would be asking the Kansas Board of Regents to grant the university until July 1 to decide whether or not it would submit a framework for the ...
On Sunday, the Journal-World ran a story about a woman whose dramatic heart attack at age 46 inspired over 80 people to get their hearts scanned. In the story, Angie Loving, who survived a widowmaker heart attack, encouraged the public to get their hearts scanned.
To find out the best way to get a heart scan, the Journal-World reached out to a cardiologist at LMH Health: Dr. Christina Salazar.
Salazar said ...
