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FREDONIA, Kansas — Nick Baldetti resigned as director of the Reno County Health Department in July.He left to head an effort to establish a school of…
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Medical experts say social inequality and racism in medicine can be deadly for Black infants, mothers and families.
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Public health officials in three Kansas counties say a new state law is hurting their efforts to trace the contacts of people infected with COVID-19 by…
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Most health experts continue to advise people to stay home to avoid catching Covid-19, or to maintain social distancing when out in public.Lynn Hutchinson…
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When KU researchers asked counties how they were doing, most had very little gear on hand to collect samples from sick patients.
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WICHITA, Kansas — Contact tracing is a key component of stopping the spread of infectious or sexually transmitted diseases, and has been for years. It’s…
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State and local orders still in place for checking the spread of the novel coronavirus in Kansas are facing legal challenges from the state’s attorney…
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Now that Kansas is slowly reopening, health officials are preparing for what could be a busy few months of COVID-19 investigations.One of the federal…
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Local business leaders and health care experts are at odds over when — and how — Sedgwick County should begin to ease its coronavirus lockdown.County…
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Black Kansans are more at risk for both testing positive for COVID-19 and dying from it than white people. Experts say it's a mix between long-standing racial disparities in health care treatment and access, lack of inclusivity and a higher likelihood that black residents are working "essential" jobs.