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Kansas City area 'doesn't have appetite for mask mandate.' Is a mask advisory enough? Robert A. Cronkleton, The Kansas City Star Jul. 19—Kansas City area health officials are hoping that last week's joint health advisory again recommending members of the public wear masks will serve as a wake-up call for people to protect themselves from COVID-19. They wanted the advisory to give clear guidance on how people should protect themselves and people around them. "The data continues to support that the best way to protect yourself from severe COVID disease is to become fully vacci...

The rate of new COVID-19 cases has more than doubled in Kansas since the Fourth of July as the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant sends more people to hospitals. "We are in trouble," Steve Stites, chief medical officer of The University of Kansas Health System, said Friday.  The latest pandemic statistics from the White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show "substantial" community spread in Kansas as several localities struggle to contain the coronavirus. Statewide, the rate of new COVID-19 cases per population has risen 138% in the two weeks since the holiday w...

Kansas City metro registered nurse says not all COVID-19 breakthrough cases reported to CDC Health officials break down breakthrough COVID-19 cases, which occur more than two weeks after being vaccinated against the virus. and last updated 2021-07-19 20:01:02-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Not all COVID-19 breakthrough cases – which are being reported in the Kansas City metro – are reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to one area health care professional. The CDC defines a breakthrough case as someone testing positive for the virus more than two weeks af...

Flags lowered to half-staff in Kansas in memory of 5,000 who died from COVID-19 Kansas COVID-19 deaths now have surpassed 5,000, and flags in Kansas have been lowered to half-staff In their honor through sundown Sunday, May 9. Gov. Laura Kelly said in a statement that this gesture honors the lives and memories of the 5,016 persons in Kansas who have died from COVID-19. “We cannot become numb to the significance of this number,” Gov. Kelly said. “That’s 5,000 mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, loved ones and neighbors who we’ve lost to virus-related deaths. “The best way we c...

Children as young as 14 will be taught to save stabbing victims following soaring knife crime deaths The Young Responders scheme will be piloted in Manchester. direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Children as young as 14 will be trained to treat stabbing victims as part of a scheme to cut death rates among te...