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Travis Kirkpatrick died Tuesday. He served in a variety of state government roles over 18 years.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Venture Forum celebrated its 35th birthday at the 2022 OVF Awards ceremony on May 18, 2022. The ceremony was attended by 100+ guests including Elizabeth Pollard

State officials said Tuesday they are on track to have Oklahoma’s new public health lab in Stillwater fully operational by October. Newborn screening and

Corey Jones Tulsa World The states relocation of the Public Health Lab from Oklahoma City to sharing a refurbished building in Stillwater with a newly created Oklahoma Pandemic Center hit another bump with the resignation of the projects director only four months in. An association that supports local and state public health labs wrote Gov. Kevin Stitt and other state officials in October to express "significant concerns" and warn that moving the lab "so quickly into an interim facility" not de...

Updated: 3:46 PM CST Mar 9, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript This is an issue that has been important to me since I became commissioner, and Ive looked forward to the day when we could see loved ones reunited. We know COVID 19 is not fully going away. But as cases and hospitalizations decline, we now have the opportunity to establish our new normal. We encourage we are encouraged by our covid numbers. In the last four days, positive patients for Covid 19 and the I. C. U. S h...

By: Barry Mangold OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and senior health officials announced new guidelines for nursing homes and other long-term care facilities that include in-person visitation, which has been nonexistent for nearly a year due to pandemic precautions.  “The standard for getting back to normal cannot be zero cases. We can do this safely,” Stitt said.  Deputy Health Commissioner Travis Kirkpatrick said vaccinations play a key role in whether in-person visitation sho...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and other state officials on Tuesday announced new guidance for long-term care visitation amid drop in new COVID-19 cases and rise in vaccination.

By: News 9 OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahomans will be able to visit loved ones in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, per an announcement Tuesday afternoon from Gov. Kevin Stitt. The announcement came during a news conference at St. Anns Skilled Nursing and Therapy in Oklahoma City. Visitation to long-term care facilities first closed in mid-March 2020 -- a decision Stitt said helped to save many lives. Now, after almost a year of closed visitation Stitt and state health officials are workin...

Testing for Covid-19 is still important, but the numbers are dropping CNN 3/5/2021 By Naomi Thomas and Deidre McPhillips, CNN © Spencer Platt/Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 15: People walk by a Brooklyn hospital offering COVID-19 testing in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Covid-19 testing numbers are dropping in the US. And thats bad news. Without testing, theres no way to keep track of where the pandemic is headed and whether vaccines are ...

Why testing for COVID-19 is still important Share Updated: 3:11 AM CST Mar 5, 2021 Naomi Thomas and Deidre McPhillips, CNN Why testing for COVID-19 is still important Share Updated: 3:11 AM CST Mar 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript RACE BETWEEN THE VACCINES AND TO DO ANY PRODUCTIVE ACTION WE NEED TO ACTUALLY BE LOOKING FOR TOP OF THEM. KIM: THREE COVID VARIANTS ALREADY IDENTIFIED HERE IN MARYLAND. THATS WHY GOVERNOR HOGAN ANNOUNCED THE STATE IS MORE THA...