public health

The status of COVID-19 testing in Clay County, Missouri, a primer on antibodies and if they protect against coronavirus, how the pandemic could renew a classic movie-viewing experience, and the last two in our series of high school valedictorian speeches.

Kansas City struggles for a share of coronavirus relief money and a solution to violent crime, Prairie Village rejects a requirement to wear masks in public, local music enthusiasts provide performers a safe live audience, and the commencement speech of a valedictorian of Ewing Marion Kauffman School.

The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response evaluated the U.S. response to an pandemic he said was only a matter of time.

A medical veteran of the Ebola and SARS outbreaks analyzes COVID-19's spread, infectious disease experts advise how to stay safe in public, and a teacher delivers art lessons during the pandemic.

Johnson County's top health official wants additional testing to focus especially on vulnerable and under-represented populations.

Johnson County's top health official discusses who should get tested for COVID-19, major sports leagues propose adjustments to their season schedules, barbecue joints and meat distributors are dealing with a meat shortage, and a Kansas musician sings the stay-at-home blues.

With rules varying from city to city, metro leaders fear the confusion around reopening will result in a lack of compliance.

The two counties, which have registered some of the highest COVID-19 case totals in Kansas, waited an extra week to lift some restrictions on going out in public.

Case investigation and contact tracing are critically important to slowing the spread of the coronavirus, says one epidemiologist.

How Johnson County, Kansas, traces COVID-19 contacts, ensuring the safe return of Missouri workers, the Food Critics' takeout favorites, and voice messages of hope.

Kansas' Kickapoo and other indigenous people ride out the COVID-19 wave, which has compounded other, longer-standing issues.

A Kansas City doctor on the outbreak's front line, Kansas' Kickapoo and other native communities face the COVID-19 wave, doctors answer personal safety questions as stay-at-home orders taper, and a 9-year-old brings a Broadway favorite to Kansas City streets.