Health

Panda Pediatrics to merge with Heartland Community Health Center

A Lawrence pediatric health care center plans to merge with an expanding nonprofit health care provider early next year. Panda Pediatrics and Heartland Community Health Center announced the merger in a press release Wednesday and said the move will provide more unified access to integrated ...

New COVID-19 death in county raises total to 19; 3 deaths at LMH Health this week

One more Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the health department’s Wednesday update about the virus. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that 18 people — five residents between the ages of 65 and 74, one resident between the ages of 75 and ...

Douglas County reports 38 new COVID-19 cases; 283 of 2,877 remain active

Douglas County reported 2,877 cases of COVID-19 as of Tuesday, an increase of 38 cases since Monday. George Diepenbrock, spokesperson for Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, said some of the new cases reported Tuesday were due to an update in the state's disease surveillance system that ...

New COVID-19 death in county raises total to 18; 2,839 cases overall

One more Douglas County resident has died from COVID-19, according to the health department’s Monday update about the virus. Previously, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced that 17 people — five residents between the ages of 65 and 74, one resident between the ages of 75 and 84 ...