The opioid epidemic is a critical public health issue that not only affects health but also social and economic welfare, costing the country over $78 billion per year. Last year, LMH Health’s emergency department and inpatient pharmacy began discussing how to best serve patients while ...
When the coronavirus hit Kansas, there’s no question the state — like the rest of the country — was unprepared. That showed in the mad scramble to buy more surgical and N95 masks, gowns and nasal swabs. Public officials say Kansas has made progress on those and other fronts. Yet gaps in ...
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, disease investigators in Douglas County had the time to contact people with positive cases of the virus and track their contacts. But as cases rose in the county in June and July, the job of contact tracing became more arduous. Since early July, the ...
Does the white side of a disposable mask face outward, or toward the wearer? How often should a cloth mask be washed? How protective are bandanas? Nicole Parker, a public health nurse at Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, answered these mask questions and more on Tuesday morning. Since ...
“If exercise could be packaged in a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed and beneficial medicine in the nation.” — Robert Butler, National Institute on Aging Dr. Maribeth Orr, a family practice physician at Eudora Family Care, said this is one of her favorite quotes. ...
Douglas County has reported 588 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, an increase of 27 cases since 2 p.m. Thursday. In Douglas County, 483 out of the 588 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. Three patients at Lawrence’s hospital ...
The Douglas County Health Board on Monday night approved the purchase of 10,000 masks to be distributed to the community and to issue a statement that racism is a public health crisis. The masks, which will cost a little under $40,000, will be distributed to those in need and will help ...
Updated at 7:11 p.m. Monday TOPEKA — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly issued an order Monday requiring masks and daily temperature checks in the state's K-12 schools, setting some coronavirus-inspired rules that are stricter than guidelines adopted by the Republican-controlled State Board of ...
In January 2019, Just Food and LMH Health began discussing ways the organizations could collaborate to serve the community. When the conversations began, the link between food insecurity and many health conditions began to become increasingly obvious. Elizabeth Keever, Just Food’s executive ...
The University of Kansas on Friday afternoon released an employee guidebook for faculty and staff members related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which included new information on who can and cannot work from home, what personal protective equipment would be available, and more details for ...
Story updated at 4:53 p.m. Wednesday TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly plans to keep Kansas' K-12 schools closed until after the Labor Day holiday in September as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to increase in the state. Kelly announced the plan during a news conference Wednesday and ...
The LMH Health Summer Leadership Academy, a mentoring program for local high school juniors and seniors, is proceeding carefully during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering a hybrid experience of virtual and in-person activities. In collaboration with the Lawrence school district, LMH commenced ...
When precious vats of COVID-19 vaccine are finally ready, jabbing the lifesaving solution into the arms of Americans will require hundreds of millions of injections. As part of its strategy to administer the vaccine as quickly as possible, the Trump administration has agreed to invest more ...
In the morning heat this summer, several Lawrence youths have been getting their hands dirty by taking care of a robust garden just outside of West Middle School. While the gardeners, ages 14 to 20, could be sleeping in like many of their classmates, some recently told the Journal-World why ...
Kansas’ top health official said Wednesday that the state continues to see a significant increase in COVID-19 cases — mostly due to an effort to “return to normal” that has seen folks across the state gather in larger numbers without proper precautions. Now more than ever, it is ...
The state of Kansas should continue to remain in Phase 3 of the recommended reopening process as new cases of COVID-19 continue to spike, Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday. In the past two weeks, Kansas has seen nearly 3,500 new cases of the potentially deadly respiratory virus — by far the ...
LONDON — More than 200 scientists have called for the World Health Organization and others to acknowledge that the coronavirus can spread in the air — a change that could alter some of the current measures being taken to stop the pandemic. In a letter published in the journal Clinical ...
Sue and Dana Anderson know firsthand how important technology can be for patients at LMH Health. “The work our doctors do is important to our entire community,” Dana Anderson said. “Sue and I are happy to do what we can to provide them with the very best technology they need to perform ...
In May, the number of COVID-19 cases in Douglas County increased by 14, from 52 to 66. By the end of June, the number of cases had risen to 159. On Friday, the number stood at 251. It was a drastic uptick in cases that caused the county to delay moving into its fourth stage of reopening. ...
Story updated at 4:18 p.m. Thursday: TOPEKA — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly spelled out three reasons Thursday afternoon for her mandate that Kansans wear masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19: She has “no doubt” it will save lives, it is the only way to safely keep the economy open ...