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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 her 5-year-old son, Joel. “We pretty much knew it was going to work," Rodriguez said.

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. “We pretty much knew it was going to work," Rodriguez said. The two got engaged and currently have a b...

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. Comfort said there are patients coming in every day who have long-term persistent symptoms of COVID-...