The new Women’s Center at the LMH Health West Campus was designed to handle most of the care patients needed all under one roof, with multiple services just a few seconds’ walk away from one another. Megan Pedersen, director of specialty clinics, said this multidisciplinary approach was ...
Kansas counties that have mandated the use of face masks in public have seen much lower spread of COVID-19 than the statewide average, new research from the University of Kansas shows. The analysis by KU's Institute for Policy and Social Research found that counties with mask mandates had ...
Douglas County reported 2,796 cases of COVID-19 as of Friday, an increase of 12 cases since Thursday. The county has averaged about 16 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 15.64 new ...
The word “love” is not often associated with county government, Douglas County Commissioner Nancy Thellman said Friday. But she said that was the only word that fit regarding the work Douglas County and local health organizations have done toward establishing a new campus focused on ...
LMH Health has figured out that federal funding will buy the hospital about 60,000 COVID-19 test kits, but it hasn’t yet figured out who they will be used on. Leaders at the hospital also have figured out something else: 60,000 isn’t as big of a number as it sounds. “That sounds like ...
The local health department and members of Unified Command are asking Douglas County residents to take a survey to understand whether residents are willing to receive an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available. The survey asks questions about which factors would influence ...