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Health April 30, 2025 - 1:28 pm

Measles cases jump to 46 in eight southwest counties as new Kansas law restricts health officials

by Morgan Chilson, Kansas Reflector

New legislation may make it more difficult for public health officials to manage a measles outbreak, which has increased by nine cases.

Health August 4, 2023 - 3:20 pm

Hospitalizations in Kansas and nationwide signal ‘summer surge’ of COVID-19

by Rachel Mipro, Kansas Reflector

A national summer uptick in COVID-19 cases has arrived, but Kansas physicians are still waiting to see if cases in the state follow national trends.

Health January 18, 2023 - 10:49 am

Kansas is a rare state without a long-COVID clinic, leaving some patients far from specialists

by Samantha Horton, Kansas News Service

Long COVID, the often-baffling aftereffects that trouble the body for months or years after acute symptoms pass, likely haunts close to 200,000 people in Kansas. But Kansas is one of just two states without a medical center specializing in treatment of the condition.

Health May 26, 2022 - 12:11 pm

KU Health working with Kansas schools to prevent and treat athlete injuries

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

Doug Wiesner, the youth sports medicine director for the KU Health System, is working with KC-area schools to stay at the forefront of treatment with new emergency action plans and a bag of tools.

Health May 14, 2022 - 10:19 am

Kansas COVID-19 case numbers trending up as hospital leaders see potential surge

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

Leading infection control and prevention experts at a Kansas hospital say COVID-19 numbers are trending up slowly but have yet to reach the surging levels seen in other countries.

Health January 10, 2022 - 1:07 am

Kansas doctors praise governor’s ‘bold action’ as COVID-19 infections continue to spike

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Kansas medical providers on Friday praised Gov. Laura Kelly for declaring a state of emergency and issuing executive orders to help confront an overwhelming surge in COVID-19 infections.

Health December 27, 2021 - 5:40 pm

KDHE reporting 10,000 Delta cases, two dozen Omicron cases of COVID-19 in Kansas

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Testing in Kansas confirmed more than 10,000 cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 and 25 cases of the Omicron mutation, and public health reports showed more than 1,000 hospitalizations and 250 fatalities linked to the virus so far this month.

Health December 15, 2021 - 6:06 pm

‘Our greatest challenge’: Latest COVID-19 surge threatens Kansas hospitals again as omicron looms

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

The chief medical officer for the KU Health System is monitoring a steep climb in COVID-19 hospitalizations, almost entirely from unvaccinated residents, while hospitals already are busy treating patients suffering from influenza and the respiratory syncytial virus.

Health October 10, 2021 - 11:29 am

KU health experts praise COVID-19 symptom-reducing antibody treatment, study efforts

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector

After she contracted COVID-19, Amber Stiles says, a monoclonal antibody treatment study she participated in helped minimize the draining effects of the virus.

Julie Denesha / KCUR
Health September 2, 2021 - 3:40 pm

KU Health System is third local hospital network requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all workers

by Dan Margolies, Kansas News Service

The KU Health System is requiring COVID-19 vaccinations of all employees, students, contractors and volunteers, becoming the third area hospital system to do so. It’s giving workers until Dec. 1 to get vaccinated.

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