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.
Second COVID-19 vaccine booster doses are now authorized for Kansans over 50 and some immunocompromised residents after updated approval from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has confirmed that state surveyors will not report compliance with the CMS COVID-19 vaccine mandate as part of their surveys.
About three weeks after the University of Kansas decided to phase out its on-campus mask policy, it decided to drop the full mandate for the remainder of the semester.
Nursing facilities have called for a renewed national COVID-19 public health emergency declaration as they worry the BA.2 variant will cause the virus to resurge in the U.S.
Conservative Republican lawmakers on Thursday revived a proposal to weaken Kansas’ vaccination requirements for children enrolling in school and day care and to make it easier for people to get potentially dangerous treatments for COVID-19.
The Small Business Administration has made a few policy changes in order to help small Kansas businesses repay loans meant to help them through the COVID-19 pandemic.
When the first Kansas patient to be treated for COVID-19 arrived two years ago at The University of Kansas Health System, doctors weren’t sure how to handle the new and scary sickness.
Republican legislators in Kansas are trying to prohibit state and local mask mandates during disease outbreaks, advancing such a ban Wednesday along with proposals aimed at discouraging local restrictions on businesses and public gatherings.
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