The University of Kansas won’t say whether meetings of a nine-member medical advisory team tasked with monitoring the school’s reopening process during the COVID-19 pandemic — and potentially making substantive decisions about KU’s operational status — are open to the public. And ...
WICHITA, Kansas — A standard school bus can hold as many as 72 students, as long as you pack them in three to a bench. That just isn’t possible during a pandemic. And according to Wichita Public Schools Transportation Director Lisa Riveros, following the 6-foot social distancing ...
Douglas County has reported 1,772 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday, an increase of 33 cases since Tuesday. The county has averaged about 25 new cases per day over the last 14 days, according to a 14-day moving average graph updated weekdays by the health department. The current average of 25 ...
Updated at 2:46 p.m. Wednesday The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday released for the first time a list of specific locations and case counts associated with outbreaks of COVID-19 across the state. Of the 177 active outbreaks the department is tracking, four currently ...
Local public health officials say they are creating a plan to step up enforcement of health orders put in place to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, including a recent order that prohibits businesses from serving alcohol after 9 p.m. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence ...
Four high-profile Kansas Democrats gathered virtually Tuesday to discuss what they deemed a pressing need to expand the Sunflower State's access to Medicaid — a need they said was only exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Gov. Laura Kelly; U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids; Kathleen Sebelius, who ...