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John Wherry will wait until later in the fall to consider getting an updated COVID-19 booster. The University of Pennsylvania immunologist knows it’s too soon after his shot late this summer, especially since he’s not at high risk from the virus. It’s the kind of calculation many ...
With Lawrence students set to return to classrooms following summer vacation, officials with Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health say it’s difficult to tell yet just how much that might lead to an increase in local coronavirus numbers. “I am very curious about what the start of school ...
The City of Lawrence will participate in a nationwide initiative to monitor infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and monkeypox in wastewater, the city announced this week. The study will measure viral genetic material in wastewater at the Kansas River Wastewater Treatment Plant as part of the ...
As new, more transmissible COVID variants find their way to Douglas County, the county’s health officer says future variants will likely continue to become even more infectious. The omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are responsible for the latest surge, accounting for 80% of COVID cases ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has been able to take recent coronavirus vaccine clinics on the road, thanks to its new mobile clinic. The mobile unit was purchased using Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funds and is equipped with two small rooms on either side of its ...
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health has announced more than a dozen COVID-19 vaccination clinics for children ages 6 months to 4 years old. The age group was deemed eligible for vaccination following recent Food and Drug Administration approval and a recommendation from the Centers for ...