Story updated at 5:37 p.m. Wednesday: One week from Wednesday, the state of Kansas will begin releasing the locations of some active COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a news release from the governor's office. Gov. Laura Kelly's office said that last week, Kansas saw its largest increase in ...
Health department staffer Kathy Colson does not want two respiratory viruses to attack her body at the same time. That’s why she said it’s especially important to get the flu shot this year amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Flu shots do not provide absolute certainty that a person will ...
Douglas County has reported 1,375 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, an increase of 72 cases since Friday. In Douglas County, 910 out of the 1,375 cases are inactive or beyond the infectious period, according to Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health. The county has averaged about 29 new cases ...
The campus of the University of Kansas looked and felt far different last week compared with the beginning of a normal fall semester. Students who hadn’t elected to take online-only classes because of the COVID-19 pandemic were masked, even outside. Some classes were held outside of their ...
When the coronavirus first became a big deal in Kansas back in March, elementary school music teacher Emily Boedeker’s life changed quickly. One day she was singing and laughing with the more than 300 kids that pass through her classroom in Lawrence every day. The next day, school was ...
Note: September is Suicide Awareness Prevention Month. Anyone struggling with thoughts of suicide should call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-8255 or (785) 841-2345. As soon as they received the text message, they knew. And in that moment, everything changed. Forever. I ...