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COVID-19 hospitalization numbers increasing in KC area

COVID-19 hospitalizations are increasing in the Kansas City area, according to doctors at the University of Kansas Health System news conference Wednesday morning. At KU Health System, with its main hospital campus in Kansas City, Kansas, acute infection inpatients went up by seven on Wednesday, according to Dr. Dana Hawkinson, medical director of infection prevention … Continue reading “COVID-19 hospitalization numbers increasing in KC area”

KCK school board votes to return to in-person classes March 31

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education voted Tuesday night to return to in-person classes on Wednesday, March 31, earlier than previously decided. Students still will have the option for remote learning, if their parents choose. District officials explained that the reason for changing from the earlier approved April 5 return date was that the … Continue reading “KCK school board votes to return to in-person classes March 31”

Online program to address polio epidemic

A virtual program on the polio epidemic is scheduled at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 24. The program, “We’ve Been Here Before: the Polio Epidemic,” is offered through the Bonner Springs Library, in partnership with the Northeast Kansas Library System and six neighboring libraries. The program is the second in a series of programs that examine … Continue reading “Online program to address polio epidemic”