Updated at 5:03 p.m. Wednesday
Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that she will soon open discussions with state legislative leaders to ways in which a bipartisan consensus could be reached on instituting a mask mandate for the entire state of Kansas.
Kelly's initial statewide mask mandate, ...
Story updated at 1:29 p.m. Wednesday
TOPEKA (AP) — Health care workers and long-term care residents will be among those who will get the coronavirus vaccine first in Kansas, a draft plan shows.
Kansas’ 45-page plan was filed in the past week with the Centers for Disease Control and ...
Four researchers at the University of Kansas found recently that Asian Americans have been hit harder by unemployment related to the COVID-19 pandemic than any other minority group in the United States, but the reason why isn't exactly clear.
Since the pandemic took hold in March, Asian ...
Douglas County's health department was notified Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment of two COVID-19-related deaths of county residents that occurred in August.
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health said in its daily update that it was notified on Tuesday of the two ...
Douglas County reported 2,740 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 51 cases since Friday.
In Douglas County, 2,374 out of the 2,740 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, meaning 366 cases are active.
The county has ...
Facing public skepticism about rushed COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. health officials are planning extra scrutiny of the first people vaccinated when shots become available — an added safety layer experts call vital.
A new poll suggests those vaccine fears are growing. With this week’s pause of a ...