Shawnee County health officials will host drive-through operations to test for COVID-19 and the flu as respiratory viral infections continue to circulate.
While COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward, the lack of open beds and available staff have doctors in Northeast Kansas worried about the fall and winter seasons.
While Kansas was found to have a low vaccination rate in the most recent COVID study from WalletHub, it was also found to have a low COVID-19 death rate, keeping it in the top half of safest states during the pandemic.
More than 10,000 free at-home COVID-19 tests have been sent to more than 2,000 Kansas families following a partnership between the KDHE and the Rockefeller Foundation.
The Shawnee Co. Health Dept. says the agency received its first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna pediatric vaccine and administration of the vaccinations have begun.
Senator Roger Marshall has amplified his call to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Chief Medical Advisor to the President, to stop funding research in China with U.S. taxpayer money and to not hinder the investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
Senator Roger Marshall has put his stamp on two new bills introduced that would protect members of the military who choose to not get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Clay County officials have seen a small increase in COVID-19 cases and have reminded residents to continue to take precautions, meanwhile, Riley Co. has seen a small decrease.
The Kansas Attorney General has confirmed that the state lost nearly $350,000 due to failure to enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates for health care workers.
Conservative Republican lawmakers have approved a measure that would prohibit Kansas or its cities, counties or school districts from imposing mask mandates to control the spread of any infectious disease.
Senator Roger Marshall has questioned the Pentagon on its decision to discharge more than 1,700 service members for refusal to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Two new studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found COVID-19 is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. for the second year in a row.