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Chiropractors have become major purveyors of misinformation about COVID treatments and have given hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-vaccine events.
Kansas Rep. John Eplee, R-Atchison, says the politicization of the COVID-19 vaccinations is unlike any conflict he has ever seen in health care.
Sowers added that she'd recently done considerable "learning, reading and listening" regarding the topic. She said her opinion was influenced in particular by testimony the board heard from Alex Red Corn, an Osage Nation citizen who is an assistant professor and coordinator for indigenous leadership at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Members Sean Crittendon and Diane Liebsch were in the minority as the USD 409 board voted 5-2 in 2018 to keep the Redmen and Braves mascots. Crittendon and Liebsch again voted late Monday in favor of doing away with those mascots. They were joined by...
Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector photo by: Lucas Lord/Kansas Reflector Sen. Mark Steffen, R-Hutchinson, testifies in support of his bill to prohibit employers from mandating COVID-19 vaccination for their employees. TOPEKA — Sen. Mark Steffen pushed colleagues Thursday to support his legislation banning employers from requiring workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, saying lawmakers should reject the idea that society is more important than the individual. Senate Bill 213 would prohibit employers from taking adverse action against employees who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine, and would imp...
Lawmakers are considering a move to bar employers from mandating vaccinations, an effort that experts believe has its roots in the anti-vaccine movement and comes as millions of Americans are getting inoculated against COVID-19. Nursing home facilities in other states have required employees to get the vaccine because of their work with high-risk individuals, although there are no confirmed reports of workplaces taking that step in Kansas. But vaccine requirements are usually most prevalent for other diseases, such as influenza or hepatitis. Restaurants will often require shots to keep d...