Kansas Department of Health and Environment

The workers are on site in Washington County to survey and clean the Keystone pipeline oil spill that moved about three miles downstream in Mill Creek.

COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the metro, and hospital systems are showing strain as workers are out with the virus and inpatient cases increase.

Former Kansas Health Secretary Lee Norman says politics hindered the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Lee Norman was the face of public health through the COVID-19 pandemic. That also made him a target of criticism from Republicans. He also faced internal tension with Gov. Laura Kelly's administration.

KU doctors urged the public to recognize the proven safety of COVID-19 vaccines.

States will not receive large increases in COVID-19 vaccine doses that some had expected.

Doses of the coronavirus vaccine are on the way, but the early shipments won't be enough even for medical workers. Most people will wait many months.

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

The health secretary has tweeted that Kansas' initial response to the coronavirus was "a shining example of success."

A coronavirus update from Kansas' top health official, how Missouri dentists are coping with a pandemic that kept some offices closed for weeks, and the importance of wills and advance directives have become very apparent.

Meanwhile, Kansas officials say hospital data may be delayed due to the sudden shift.

The settlement ends a court fight that began in late 2018, and will require the state to better track foster children in its care.