public health

As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise in Kansas and Missouri, potential COVID-19 vaccines are entering clinical trials in Kansas City and the rest of the country.

Death rates dropped when Kansas shut down large swaths of its economy in late March, but a sharp increase in hospitalizations this month could change that.

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.

Planners and artists in the wedding industry are navigating an unprecedented market interruption.

Missouri's top elections official says voting by mail during a pandemic isn't as easy as it could be, COVID-19 transmission rates in Johnson County are creeping up, and planners and artists in the wedding industry navigate an unprecedented market interruption.

Health experts say wearing a mask over your mouth and nose is essential to stopping the virus' spread.

How Kansas is navigating the impending reopening of its public schools, when and why face masks protect us from coronavirus infection, and how language might evolve during interstellar space travel.

An Overland Park mother's years-long fight for transparency and better police training after the death of her son, how going to the eye doctor is different during a pandemic, and a new director takes over at the Kansas City Public Library.

Public health specialists see the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases in the context of how much, or how little, people are wearing masks and keeping their distance from each other.

Families considering whether or not to send college-age kids back to campus for the fall semester are facing some unprecedented choices.

Health experts say people wanting to celebrate Independence Day should plan small gatherings outdoors to help avoid further spread of COVID-19.