Lawmakers seek vaccine details from health secretary
Republican lawmakers on Tuesday peppered the state's top doctor with questions about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, expressing frustration they couldn't glean more details about...
Norman says state giving more vaccines than data show
New state data show that Kansas has administered more than 45,000 COVID-19 vaccines, with the state's top health official estimating the actual number is...
Lawmakers call on Kansans to guard against COVID-19
A coalition of more than 60 Republican and Democratic lawmakers is imploring Kansans to take steps to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The initiative, pulled...
Kelly: 150,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses coming to Kansas
Gov. Laura Kelly said Wednesday that she expects the state to receive 150,000 doses to vaccinate Kansans against COVID-19 by the end of this...
Kansas counties with mask mandates grows to almost 60%
Almost 60% of Kansas counties have now adopted mask mandates as COVID-19 permeates the state and officials scramble to bring it under control.
The latest...
Nearly half of Kansas counties with mask mandates
Counties across Kansas have been gradually reversing course since last summer, increasingly adopting new mask mandates as COVID-19 spreads rampantly across the state and...
Kansas youth suicides climb again in 2018
The suicide rate for Kansas children climbed for a fourth consecutive year, with 35 Kansas youths dying by suicide in 2018, a new report...
State Medicaid director leaving for private sector
State Medicaid Director Adam Proffitt is leaving the state health department after a little more than two years at the agency.
Proffitt said his last...
Poling picked to lead Board of Healing Arts
With the state immersed in the coronavirus pandemic, the state Board of Healing Arts named a new executive director with scant public attention.
The board...
UPDATED: Does health care executive order go too far, not far enough?
(Updated to include comment from president of Kansas Advanced Practice Nurses Association)
Gov. Laura Kelly's executive order easing restrictions for health care workers to treat...
