Rex Archer

Jones takes over leadership of Kansas City's health department as COVID-19 cases run high, and as Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt challenges the authority of local health agencies to issue mitigation orders.

Despite rising cases, local leaders are shunning mask mandates largely because they say they don’t work.

Dr. Rex Archer announced his retirement Tuesday on the steps of City Hall, saying he was not entirely ready to go fishing but has plans to move into higher education.

Kansas City's health director breaks down the changes in COVID-19 protocols and two women's perspectives on the experience of Mother's Day.

The city's health director says there is currently a surge of hospitalizations, particularly among young, unvaccinated people.

Racial data on COVID-19 vaccinations provided to media outlets by Missouri lacked dates or definitions to indicate what the numbers meant.

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.

In Kansas, the first shipments of the vaccine were received at several cold storage locations across the state.

The new restrictions come as the Missouri Hospital Association asked Missouri's governor to issue a statewide mask mandate Friday.

Bar and restaurant workers say that lack of enforcement by the city has left them doing the work of preventing the virus from spreading.

Bars and taverns will remain at 50% capacity. The new order will remain in place until January 16.

Coronavirus surge prompts extension of mandatory face coverings in Kansas City.