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The Wichita school board voted 4-3 to end the district’s mask requirement, citing dramatic drops in the number of COVID-19 cases and quarantines over recent weeks.
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The Wichita school district requires face coverings for anyone 3 or older inside district buildings. Board members Stan Reeser and Sheril Logan said they supported keeping the mandate at least through the winter months.
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After voting earlier this month to "strongly recommend" masks in schools, the board reversed course and voted to make masks mandatory.
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After a tense two hours of public comment, commissioners voted 3-2 to receive and file a proposed mask mandate, but not enact it.
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If a company does decide to mandate vaccines, an employee’s options — particularly if they’re an at-will employee without an employment contract — are likely limited.
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Biden administration officials announced plans for COVID-19 booster shots to be made widely available starting September 20. But local health departments and experts are scrambling to keep up with the latest guidance and research.
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With the coronavirus surging again, smaller hospitals in Kansas can't count on the life-saving help of bigger, nearby facilities.
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Cases and hospitalizations have multiplied so swiftly over the past six weeks that Kansas finds itself far worse off going into this school year and fall season than during the pandemic last year.
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El condado Sedgwick esta ofreciendo la tercera vacuna Pfizer.
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Sedgwick County residents with weakened immune systems will be able to get a free COVID-19 booster shot beginning Wednesday.
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The Wichita Board of Education voted to "strongly recommend" students wear masks, but did not institute a mandate.
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Enrollment at Kansas colleges fell by 8.1% last fall — more than the national average. With continued uncertainty over COVID-19 and the highly contagious delta variant, universities could face the biggest money crisis in their history.