The University of Kansas Hospital Authority at the end of July agreed on a contract with Lenexa-based Clinical Reference Laboratory to provide at least 35,000 COVID-19 tests for Kansas’ flagship university between August and December, records show. But exactly how much KU has paid the ...

Though Douglas County’s COVID-19 trends have been positive in recent months, health officer Dr. Thomas Marcellino says county residents must be prepared as the winter season approaches and the spread of the virus increases elsewhere in Kansas. The 14-day average of new COVID-19 cases in ...

With the opening of the new LMH Health West Campus, the OrthoKansas clinic now has a lot more space and more equipment to help people recovering from injuries or orthopedic surgery. One new feature of the 16,000-square-foot facility has LMH’s sports medicine staff particularly excited: an ...

Last weekend, for the first time during the pandemic, Dr. Drew Miller was unable to send a severely ill COVID-19 patient to the intensive care unit. Miller and other staff at Kearny County Hospital in southwestern Kansas had done what they could, putting the patient on a maximum oxygen flow. ...

After a brief reprieve in the green tier, the local health department has again raised its guidance to schools operating during the coronavirus pandemic. Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced Thursday that it was raising its recommendation back to the yellow tier, which calls for ...

LENEXA, Kansas — For months, the people at a Johnson County lab found themselves consumed, running an endless parade of tests on human spit. The feds hadn’t yet OK’d a single saliva test for COVID-19, but the scientists at Clinical Reference Laboratory were sure they could design ...