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According to county data, COVID positivity is now 6.1%, compared to 2.2% a month ago, but officials caution that's likely an undercount, given that most testing is now being done at home and people may not be reporting their results.
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Despite downward case trends, much of the Kansas City area is still rated at the highest level of COVID risk by the federal government.
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The new order takes effect on Monday and will last 30 days. Any extension must be approved by the county legislature.
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As pressure builds to get people vaccinated before the virus’s more transmissible variants take hold, people throughout Kansas City are finding that the criteria for getting a shot are different from state to state, hospital to hospital.
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Johnson County, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, health officials explain the supply and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and political satirist Bassem Youssef adds children's author to his list of talents.
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The science supports keeping schools open for the benefit of students, but the coronavirus has so many teachers quarantining, battling anxiety or just burning out that there aren't enough substitutes.
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The new guidance, which came out quietly on Wednesday, has stricter thresholds than the gating criteria in use in many school districts across the country.
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Even as the number of new known cases shows no decline, some residents are arguing for their children to attend their brick-and-mortar schools.
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Why the Johnson County health department has not endorsed in-person learning, the process to review and update Kansas City's master plan for development, and, even after six months of pandemic life, there is still online programming worth streaming.
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Many local health departments are desperate to hire contact tracers to track potential spread, as fatigue grows among overworked staff.
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The COVID Safe Paths app keeps a log of where a user has been, but privacy experts worry about how that personal information could be used in the future.
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The new task force is meeting to draw down stay-at-home rules in the county. Members of the group say their ranks are diverse and their decisions are based on science.