Zachary bounces into the room, bright-eyed and ready to dive into a session with his occupational therapist, Ashley Miller. She tells Zachary that she likes his red shirt and he excitedly says that it’s red because it’s Valentine’s Day. You only have to flash back a couple of years to ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health on Wednesday announced that it’s updating its guidance around respiratory viruses to align with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released earlier this month. On March 1, the CDC updated its guidance for respiratory viruses ...
The LMH Health Foundation in late February recognized four people with its 17th annual Elizabeth Watkins Community Caring Award, which celebrates people and organizations who have provided significant service to LMH Health and community health care. During the foundation’s annual meeting at ...
For over 22 years, Dawne Morris was always on her feet at work, serving and preparing lunch for the students of Basehor-Linwood Middle School. So when she began experiencing pain in her legs, she thought it was her age and years of standing on concrete catching up to her. “It felt like ...
As industrial-scale renewable energy projects look to find some footing in Douglas County, much has been said of their potential risks and consequences — mainly by concerned members of the public. There have been ample opportunities for them to express those concerns as bodies like the ...
Cases of the highly contagious norovirus are spiking in Douglas County’s wastewater. Dee Kinard, informatics manager with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, spoke with the Journal-World Friday morning about the surge in cases and how community members can prevent spreading the ...