Health

When a Lenexa lab's own employee came down with COVID-19, he holed up at home and his coworkers spent long days running experiments on his saliva.

Unlike other parts of the country, new case growth in Kansas and Missouri has been slowly climbing since the middle of the summer.

Vaccination rates are lower than usual this year, especially in school districts still learning virtually. Now pediatricians are urging parents to bring their kids in for well-child checks and childhood immunizations.

State officials say COVID-19 hospitalizations in Missouri have been undercounted for several days.

Studies suggest that even if you go to a hospital in your insurance network to get care, there's a good chance you'll find out afterward that a third-party outside your network has the right to bill you, too.

The at-home test has come on the market as a third surge of coronavirus infections has spread across the country.

The challenge of holding smaller classes to meet social distancing rules has meant the state needs even more teachers.

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations near all-time highs, hospitals' capacities could be tested by surges in cases of the coronavirus, influenza and colds.

The Wichita City Council passed a law that said people could be ticketed if they didn't wear a mask in public.

Schools say they have no plans to do mass testing, citing costs and questioning whether its effective.

Dr. Raymond Brovont , who was medical director of the ER department at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, repeatedly complained about its staffing policy, which he believed jeopardized patient safety and violated federal law.

Officials at schools like the University of Missouri, which has had 1,600 cases of coronavirus so far, say contact tracing is nearly impossible.