Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

COVID-19 cases in Kansas City remain at their highest levels since February 2022. But revised guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifts quarantine requirements and loosens protocols for schools.

COVID has killed almost 16,000 Missourians and 7,000 Kansans in total. Experts now warn that the more transmissible omicron variant could bring a new spike in cases and deaths.

Children's Mercy Hospital gave 600 children their shot of the COVID-19 vaccine as doses become more widespread across the Kansas City region.

Only Nebraska had a higher percentage than Missouri of kids with detectable blood-lead levels. And the authors of a new nationwide study say there is no amount of lead that is safe for children.

Younger children, who cannot yet be vaccinated, are among those who may be more susceptible to the more-contagious variant.

Excess deaths in Missouri well exceeded the official count of residents killed by the coronavirus.

To keep students in school, more people need to wear masks, practice social distancing and minimize contact with others.

State reports may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths in Missouri by more than 40%.

The latest coronavirus case numbers and other Kansas-specific information about the outbreak.

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