As Pink Fridays continue throughout Breast Cancer Awareness month, St. Francis Health has urged residents to get their annual mammograms if they have not already.
Despite earlier plans to not require employee COVID-19 vaccines, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas will have to require the vaccine for employees following President Biden’s executive order.
As businesses claim they will lose 30%-50% of their workforce due to COVID-19 vaccine requirements, Senator Roger Marshall questioned the Biden Administration on its plan to handle the inevitable unemployment spike.
After a recent lawsuit revealed cells from Henrietta Lacks had been stolen to advance medicine, including in the development of COVID-19 vaccines, Stormont Vail Health has called for greater accountability in the medical and science field.
Kansans that are unvaccinated against COVID-19 and have traveled to the State of Alaska will now be required to quarantine when they get back to the Sunflower State.
Geary County Schools USD 475′s Board of Education on Monday voted to continue the requirement for all students, staff, and visitors to wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status, inside all district facilities and district vehicles, including school buses.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the community, Stormont Vail Health has highlighted its respiratory therapists for their dedication to patients during the health crisis.
The Doc Caucus, a group of members of Congress that are also healthcare professionals, is calling on the CDC to acknowledge natural immunity from COVID-19 in guidelines and research.
Stormont Vail Health says as staff members work extra shifts due to a nationwide labor shortage, the health network has accepted nearly 20 new inpatient transfers to the hospital.
Area seniors and those considered “high-risk” for severe disease who have previously received both Pfizer doses can now get their COVID-19 booster shot in Shawnee Co.
The NBA has denied Andrew Wiggins’ request for a vaccination exemption, leaving the Golden State Warriors swingman ineligible to play home games until he meets San Francisco’s vaccination requirement.
As staffing shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic persist at Stormont Vail Health, the health network has made some temporary and permanent staffing changes.
With the harsh reality that not everyone admitted to the hospital will go home, 40 volunteers at Ascension Via Christi, all of which are employees of the hospital, are making sure that no one dies alone.
Staff at Stormont Vail Health have seen fewer COVID-19 inpatients recently, but hospital beds remain scarce as they care for patients with other medical and behavioral health needs.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has reminded Kansans that COVID-19 booster shots are not yet federally approved and thus, have not begun to be given to residents.
The county’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Team Incident Command Team announced Monday that it will begin transferring command to the Shawnee Co. Health Dept.
