After testing nearly 2,000 people at a free drive-thru testing event last week, an Overland Park lab says nearly 40% of tests came back positive for COVID-19. MyHomeLabs offered the
Amid a record surge in COVID-19 cases, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment has told local school districts that “intensive contact tracing within schools is no longer feasible.”
Children ages 12 and up in Johnson County can now receive a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Starting Thursday, the Johnson County Department of Health and Environment began
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a COVID-19 test in Johnson County, even for residents showing symptoms. Lenexa resident Kristi Fender and her 19-year-old stepson both developed a bad cough
Ahead of Thursday’s regular Board of County Commissioners meeting, a group of nine Johnson County mayors is urging commissioners to take countywide action to help tamp spread of the Omicron
By Suzanne Perez Health care officials across Kansas and Missouri issued a dire warning Wednesday that COVID-19 has reached new and alarming crisis levels throughout the region. Hospitals struggling to
By Alex Smith and Carlos Moreno A record 2,016 new COVID-19 cases in the Kansas City metro area were reported by the Mid-America Regional Council on Tuesday. The count includes
In a letter sent this week, more than 30 current and former elected officials from Johnson County urge the county commission and local school districts to require masks for all
More than 200 local health professionals are asking Johnson County commissioners and school districts to reimplement universal masking rules for the new semester. In an open letter sent the county
As the rate hospitalizations from COVID-19 keep rising in Johnson County and the Kansas City more broadly during this holiday season, local health officials continue to worry how the new
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Local hospitalization trends in Johnson County and the Kansas City metro continue to show a troubling upward trajectory heading into the second Christmas holiday being celebrated under a pandemic cloud.
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment on Wednesday afternoon reported the first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in a county resident. JCDHE said in a
Holiday plans for many people this week include seeing family, whether that means traveling or just gathering indoors. In an update last week about the current state of the pandemic
Students in the Shawnee Mission School District go on winter break starting Wednesday, Dec. 22. When they return to class for the winter semester on Wednesday, Jan. 5, the district
