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Hospital leaders around the region say they're seeing a downward trend in COVID-19 cases.

As hospitals across the Kansas City metro are struggling with staffing shortages amid rising COVID-19 cases, health care workers still working are feeling the effect.

Kansas nurse helps throw party for son of patient in vegetative state A University of Kansas Health System nurse threw a party for the son of a patient who is in a vegetative state. By: KSHB Staff and last updated 2021-05-11 10:48:43-04 KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A University of Kansas Health System nurse went above and beyond to help a local family. It all starts with a growing, blended family. Steven Rodriguez found the love of his life, Ashley. She came with an added bonus of h...

KU nurse helps throw party for son of patient in vegetative state A University of Kansas Health System nurse threw a party for the son of a patient who is in a vegetative state. and last updated 2021-05-11 09:29:48-04 KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A University of Kansas Health System nurse went above and beyond to help a local family. It all starts with a growing, blended family. Steven Rodriguez found the love of his life: Ashley. She came with an added bonus of her five-year-old son, Joel. “W...

New clinic to help ‘long-haulers’ The University of Kansas Health System is offering a new clinic for long-haulers, those patients who have had COVID-19 symptoms for weeks or months. The clinic will bring together specialists from different areas to work together with recovering COVID-19 patients, according to Dr. Branden Comfort, internal medicine. Among the specialties that will be represented are pulmonary, cardiology, neurology, psychology, rehab, social work and physical medicine. Dr. ...

Health care worker vaccine excitement somewhat tempered by ongoing COVID-19 battles Share Updated: 2:30 PM CST Jan 11, 2021 Share Updated: 2:30 PM CST Jan 11, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBSITE BEFORE YOU GO. IT IS PERHAPS THE BIGGEST WEAPON IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS. LOCAL HEALTH-CARE WORKERS ARE NOW STARTING TO GET THEIR SECOND AND FINAL DOSE OF THE VACCINE. EXCITEMENT IS CUT SHORT BY THE ONGOING BATTLE AGAINST THE VIRUS. >> ...

Jan. 11—The Kansas City metropolitan area added more than 600 new COVID-19 cases, bumping the seven-day average over 1,000. The area encompassing Kansas City and Jackson, Clay and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas gained 601 coronavirus cases for a total of 120,631 to date. The seven-day average for daily new cases rose to 1,005. One week ago, the average ...