Kansas' challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic could get even worse depending on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Affordable Care Act, Gov. Laura Kelly warned on Monday in a somewhat somber news conference.
Just one week after the Nov. 3 election, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments and rule in the multi-state lawsuit. If the court scraps President Barack Obama's ...
This past week, Apple and Google launched similar versions of a new function built into phone software that allows public health agencies to anonymously inform people if they were in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
The two tech giants developed the technology earlier this year, but it wasn’t available in phone updates at first. Instead, it was up to health agencies to create apps ...
Reggie Robinson, the current president of the Kansas Health Foundation who previously served as a longtime faculty member and administrator at the University of Kansas and as the former president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, died of cancer on Saturday at the age of 63.
Known for his decades of public service, Robinson served as a White House fellow and special assistant to Janet Reno, President Bill ...
The University of Kansas on Friday unveiled a new COVID-19 forecasting tool and confirmed 41 new cases of the virus since it last released data on Tuesday, bringing the total case count at the university to 882.
Chancellor Douglas Girod said the new two-week forecasting model projects what the case count will look like two weeks from now if current trends continue.
"The goal of this 14-day rolling forecast ...
Through a new drive-thru clinic in the parking lot of Naismith Hall, the University of Kansas now has the ability to offer an additional 50 COVID-19 tests per day specifically for those showing symptoms of the respiratory virus.
Through a partnership with the KU Health System, the university can now offer 80 total tests each day for symptomatic patients, including the 30 tests that the Watkins Health Center ...
Only a week after it released the first list of active COVID-19 outbreaks in Kansas, the state Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday skipped its update to review the feedback the department received the week prior.
According to a statement on the department's COVID-19 dashboard, the reporting of outbreak locations should be back on schedule next week. On Sept. 9, KDHE reported the locations and ...
