From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities across Kansas have been tasked with a difficult "balancing act" of trying to resume some semblance of normal educational activities while at the same time weighing significant public health concerns, the state's top health official told the Journal-World on Friday.
That's why despite some public criticisms, Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the ...
For the first time in over a week, the University of Kansas on Friday released new data on the prevalence of COVID-19 on its campuses as part of the unveiling of a new dashboard with expanded statistical information about the respiratory virus.
Since its last data release on Sept. 2, KU has confirmed — through the conclusion of its entry testing program and the beginning of a more targeted testing effort — ...
The University of Kansas won’t say whether meetings of a nine-member medical advisory team tasked with monitoring the school’s reopening process during the COVID-19 pandemic — and potentially making substantive decisions about KU’s operational status — are open to the public.
And even if the group’s discussions are open to the public going forward, what KU’s Pandemic Medical Advisory Team talked ...
Updated at 2:46 p.m. Wednesday
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday released for the first time a list of specific locations and case counts associated with outbreaks of COVID-19 across the state.
Of the 177 active outbreaks the department is tracking, four currently stem from Douglas County, KDHE said.
Bridge Haven Memory Care, at 1701 Research Park Drive, has confirmed eight cases of ...
Updated at 3:01 p.m. Tuesday
One of the longest-tenured chancellors at the University of Kansas, and the man credited with much of the modern growth of the state’s flagship university, died Tuesday morning at the age of 81.
Gene Budig took over at KU in 1981 after a career as a university administrator at Illinois State University and West Virginia University, serving as a major general in the Air National ...
Four high-profile Kansas Democrats gathered virtually Tuesday to discuss what they deemed a pressing need to expand the Sunflower State's access to Medicaid — a need they said was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Laura Kelly; U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids; Kathleen Sebelius, who formerly served as Kansas governor and secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and current U.S. ...
