Providence names new emergency service leader

Providence Medical Center has named Angie Fincher, RN, as the new emergency services director. Fincher has more than 25 years of nursing emergency experience, including being a former staff nurse at Providence. She has managed area emergency room departments, most recently with St. Luke’s Community Hospitals in Olathe and Legends Kansas City, Kansas, locations. She … Continue reading “Providence names new emergency service leader”

Kansas middle schooler death prompts urgency from COVID-19 school safety panel

by Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector Topeka – The recent death of a Kansas middle school student from COVID-19 raised the urgency Wednesday of a panel focused on pandemic school safety to implement precautionary measures across the state. In addition to the death, outbreaks at schools across Kansas more than doubled over the last week, and … Continue reading “Kansas middle schooler death prompts urgency from COVID-19 school safety panel”

Kansas Republicans raise objections to Biden’s expansive vaccine mandate

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector Topeka — State and federal Republican lawmakers from Kansas reinforced opposition to government-issued COVID-19 vaccination mandates in wake of President Joe Biden’s plan to confront a surge in coronavirus illness and death by increasing pressure on millions of people to get shots. Biden said the U.S. Department of Labor would … Continue reading “Kansas Republicans raise objections to Biden’s expansive vaccine mandate”