WASHINGTON (TNS) — President Joe Biden’s administration will begin to test a program to provide coronavirus vaccines directly to pharmacies, as officials seek to increase the pace of U.S. inoculations. Biden’s team announced Tuesday that…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top infectious disease expert doesn’t want the Super Bowl to turn into a super spreader. Dr. Anthony Fauci, says when it comes to Super Bowl parties during the pandemic, people…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told Republican senators during a two-hour meeting he’s unwilling to settle on an insufficient coronavirus aid package after they pitched their slimmed down $618 billion proposal that’s a fraction…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet today with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking in coronavirus aid, though…
Roger Campbell of Iola drove to Bonita, Okla., last week to get his first round of COVID-19 vaccination. As a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a member of its health plan since he retired…
Merryl McRae is looking forward to returning to her volunteer work with the Allen County Regional Hospital Auxiliary, after nearly a year away because of the coronavirus pandemic. She doesn’t yet know when that may…
Allen County teetered on the verge of a grim milestone, nearing 1,000 positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, a 12th county resident died from complications of the virus. The county’s case total jumped…
It’s going to take a bit of time and a lot of patience before most Allen County residents can get a COVID-19 vaccine, but the local health department is starting to develop a plan for…
TOPEKA — The top public health official in Kansas told legislators Tuesday recent testing revealed 22% of blood donations in the state contained the antibody to COVID-19, suggesting the level of coronavirus exposure during the…
WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — Public health officials are trying to determine whether a coronavirus variant is fueling a new outbreak at a Kansas prison. Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and…