Tag: CDC
Study: Masks get failing grade in keeping kids in school
A study of the nation’s 500 largest school districts indicates that masking children in school had the opposite effect that…
JoCo Health tells schools to mask unvaccinated kids
Once again refusing to follow the science and CDC recommendations, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment is telling…
CDC says ‘benefits of vaccination’ outweigh risks of heart condition in teens
A possible explanation for the World Health Organization’s Monday guidance to stop vaccinating children under 18 emerged Wednesday. At a…
CDC panel warns of ‘likely’ link between vaccines and myocarditis
The rate at which myocarditis or pericarditis occurs in young people post-COVID vaccination is higher than typically expected. Members of…
WHO says don’t vaccinate kids under 12, Kelly admin is unresponsive
The World Health Organization yesterday said “children should not be vaccinated for the moment” because there is insufficient evidence to…
Kelly seeks at least 76 more days of COVID emergency declaration
Gov. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat, seeks to extend an emergency declaration through the end of August. However, members of…
City of Gardner backs off pool COVID restrictions
On Monday, Gardner resident Danedri Herbert, took to the podium to blast the Gardner City Council for a decision to…
Doctor says there’s no legitimate medical reason to mask children
One Kansas City-area mom had to fight tooth and nail to get a mask exemption for her children, despite having…
CDC: maximum 28 CT for post-vaccine COVID PCR tests
As reported by Daniel Horowitz at Blaze Media, the new CDC guidance for “COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough case investigation” – meaning…
KC Monarchs, Royals require masks to watch games
The Kansas City Monarchs, a minor league baseball team, will be allowing spectators this season, opening up season ticket sales…
Families explain devastating impact of disallowing nursing home visitors
Federal strings attached to nursing home funding required Kansas long-term facilities to shutter residents and lock visitors out during the…
Are COVID vaccine doses collecting dust in Kansas? Kelly won’t say
There may be extra COVID vaccine doses in Kansas pharmacies, but Gov. Laura Kelly’s administration won’t respond to emails or…
CDC, KS school board issue stringent school opening guidance
The Center for Disease Control and the Kansas State Department of Education issued new, stringent school opening guidance week, but…
Misleading ‘highest COVID death rate’ claim is just KDHE reporting issue
Today’s Wichita Eagle story about Kansas having the highest COVID death rate in the nation last week is just another…
Officials adopt population priorities for the COVID vaccination
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended on Sunday that people 75 and older and frontline workers should…
Grant County Health Department issuing 24-day quarantines
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is relaxing quarantine requirements under certain circumstances from 10 and 14 days…
Preliminary CDC data shows likely increase in total deaths for 2020
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment claims to not know how many people have died so far this year,…
JoCo in, Wyandotte out of shortened CDC quarantine guidelines
The Centers for Disease Control issued new quarantine guidelines allowing shorter quarantine periods following close contact with a COVID-positive individual.…
KDHE, media collaborate on more mask mandate deception
Once again, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and media are collaborating to deceive Kansans about the effectiveness of…
Kansas labs set cycle thresholds too high, detect non-contagious virus
The New York Times reported in August that some of the nation’s leading public health officials say the standard COVID…
Pneumonia deaths still exceed COVID deaths
Between February 1 and September 26, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says many more people died of pneumonia in…
CDC: Kansas COVID deaths have average 2.7 comorbidities
The vast majority of deaths reported due to coronavirus involved patients with multiple underlying conditions, or comorbidities, the CDC reported…
CDC: Pneumonia deaths exceed COVID deaths this year in Kansas
Between February 1 and July 11 this year, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) says many more people died of…
Covid-19 coronavirus statistics encouraging so far
While caution must be exercised to control the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, the statistics on the number of severe…