Tag: Kansas department of health and Environment
Kelly admin is pushing COVID-19 testing, vaccines in schools
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is urging school districts to plan for the upcoming school year by pledging…
Kelly admin calls withholding vaccines ‘enforcement mechanism’
Yesterday, we learned that KDHE ordered Riley County to stop vaccinating people until other counties caught up, and threatened to…
KDHE threatened to withhold vaccines from Riley County
Riley County officials confirm that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) threatened to withhold promised vaccine shipments if…
KDHE orders Riley County to halt COVID vaccine distribution
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has ordered Riley County health officials to cease COVID vaccine distribution. The problem?…
KS COVID vaccinations continue to lag most of the nation
Kansas administered only 67% of the COVID vaccine doses it has received so far and Gov. Kelly blames the state’s…
Osage, Coffey Counties missing vaccine, despite KDHE claims
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says all 105 Kansas counties received doses of COVID-19 vaccines, but that’s not…
Kansas vaccine distribution progress is the lowest in nation
Kansas ranks dead last among states and U.S. provinces in COVID vaccine distribution, according to a running tally collected by…
Parents push school districts to begin in-person learning
Intense pressure from parents is pushing more school districts to allow students into school buildings for in-person learning, despite not…
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…
COVID-19 cases continue trending down across Kansas
Aside from a few ‘hot spots,’ the 7-day moving average of new COVID-19 cases continues trending down in Kansas. Those hot…
COVID cases trending down in many counties but Kelly extends lockdown
Kanas Governor Laura Kelly yesterday extended her statewide lockdown order through May 3, even though many counties have decidedly downward…
Foundation defends health award for Allen County
Allen County won a Culture of Health prize from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2017. Yet, the same week…