Sen. Mark Steffen revealed Wednesday he is under investigation for prescribing ivermectin to COVID-19 patients, accused the chief medical director of the University of Kansas Health System of spreading propaganda, and challenged him to a public debate.
Those in Kansas and Missouri can start receiving their free N95 masks today as part of the federal government program to distribute 400 million face coverings to pharmacies and grocery stores across the country.
As the University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus discontinues its mandatory pre-surgery COVID-19 tests, Stormont Vail Health opened a new unit to help with discharge efficiency.
As the state’s hospital system deals with unprecedented staffing shortages, rural healthcare patients are dying at record rates. According to data from Motient, nearly 80 patients died in rural hospitals waiting for a hospital bed.
Sen. Mike Thompson said during a health committee hearing this week that he knows “for a fact” that deaths are being wrongly attributed to COVID-19 when there isn’t an autopsy performed to confirm the finding.
A 90-year-old inmate who had been imprisoned for indecent liberties with a child died from COVID-related complications at the Lansing Correctional Facility on Thursday.
Topeka medical professionals have answered the call and stepped up to work extra shifts in critical areas of the health system during the latest Omicron-fueled COVID surge.
Sherman County in northwest Kansas now does drive-thru COVID testing at the health department. But due to staffing issues, common with rural counties across the state, the National Guard has been called in to help with testing.
As Kansas sees a dramatic spike in cases, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has taken steps to improve access to and speed of COVID-19 tests.
Missouri is sitting at a 53-percent vaccination rate, one of the lowest in the country, as Kansas City area hospitals are struggling to keep up care for COVID patients, most of whom are unvaccinated.
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate to likely be an overstep, the Kansas Attorney General has urged the Administration to withdraw it.
Shawnee County has again set a new record for the number of coronavirus cases and the percent of positive tests, according to the latest Community Indicator Report.
As extremely cold temperatures creep across eastern Kansas, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has closed some testing sites and opened temporary ones in warmer locations.
The KDHE COVID-19 testing site in Manhattan has closed due to extreme cold as Riley County sees 15% of all COVID cases within the first 20 days of 2022.
As the latest staffing shortage in health care workers compromises bed space at Stormont Vail Health, the network has called for its team members to step up.
The hospital originally cut down to performing only urgent and time-sensitive surgeries January 5, allowing its Post Anesthesia Care Unit to be used as overflow for the surge of inpatients caused by recent COVID-19 spikes.
Geary County Sheriff Dan Jackson has confirmed that a COVID-19 outbreak was identified Friday in the county jail. A number of inmates complained of symptoms.
Nursing homes are facing COVID-19 outbreak, schools are closing and hospitals in the Kansas City area are seeing so many deaths that they are raising alarms about morgue capacity.
Many nursing homes are worried the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers will have devastating repercussions on the already strained workforce.
Kansas City area doctors have warned fans headed to the Kansas City Chiefs playoff game to get boosted and mask up as hospitals continue to see record-breaking COVID-19 trends.
Kansas schools are announcing changes to their plans, even closing the doors for students and staff, amid increases in Covid cases and the Omicron variant presence.
Nursing homes around the nation are thankful for COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots as cases spike in long-term care facilities in the latest Omicron-driven surge.
While maintaining an overall score of 21 for the second week in a row, weekly cases of COVID-19 in Shawnee Co. hit 2,020, an increase of 26% from the week before.
Doctors in Kansas and Missouri are hunting down ventilators and running out of monoclonal antibodies as COVID-19 patient counts hit pandemic highs at a growing number of hospitals.
Washburn University has urged students, faculty and staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and regularly wear masks as they head back to campus for the spring semester.
A Wichita school board meeting was canceled when new members refused to wear masks and elected officials in the Topeka area rejected a plea from health officials to mandate them.
