An Allen County family is in quarantine after an asymptomatic individual tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday evening. The person who tested positive is in isolation and their family is in quarantine, according to a press…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ top public health administrator said Thursday that the state has reached the point of being able to test 2% of its population for the novel coronavirus each month and plans…

JOHANNESBURG — The World Health Organization says the pandemic in Africa is “accelerating” and that while it took 98 days for the continent to reach 100,000 coronavirus cases it took just 18 days to get…

The top U.S. infectious disease specialist called the coronavirus pandemic his “worst nightmare” and warned that the deadly outbreak is far from over. In just a few months, COVID-19 has devastated countries around the world,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, evidence that many Americans are still losing their jobs even as the economy appears to be slowly recovering with more…

LAWRENCE — A full two-thirds of Kansans say they don’t personally know someone who’s been infected with the coronavirus. Yet an overwhelming number of respondents to a survey say the pandemic remade their lives, mostly…

HUMBOLDT — Though their meeting was brief, Humboldt school board members made some notable decisions Monday night. After being closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Humboldt Community Field House is once…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas counties “shouldn’t feel pressure” to loosen restrictions if they aren’t seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases or new hospitalizations, Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday, with cases increasing faster in…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lansing Correctional Facility is the largest single source of Kansas coronavirus cases, followed by the Tyson Foods meatpacking plant near Garden City, a public health document shows. The Kansas City Star,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pushed hospitals to the edge, and millions of workers lost job-based coverage in the economic shutdown to slow the spread, but a new poll suggests Americans have remarkably little interest…