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New survey results show that reluctance to get COVID-19 vaccinations has dropped in Kansas. At the same time, worries about vaccine side effects seem to be increasing. Federal statistics analyzed by the Kansas Health Institute,…

A new poll of attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations shows Americans are growing more enthusiastic about being vaccinated, with the most positive change in the past month occurring among Black Americans. About 55% of Black adults…

(TNS) — With the global economy still in the teeth of the COVID-19 crisis, the Eurasia Group sees a divided U.S. as a key risk this year for a world lacking leadership. “In decades past,…

Climate change is at the root of this year’s extreme weather events, from the wild swings between flooding and drought in Kansas to larger hurricanes and some of the worst wildfires the West has seen.…

TOPEKA, Kansas — County health departments in Kansas lacked the resources and manpower to swiftly ramp up “boots-on-the-ground” work when the coronavirus pandemic hit, new research suggests. The work by researchers at the University of…

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…

Crystal and Mark Wehlage don’t have many options when it comes to daycare for their 7-year-old daughter, Sutton. Crystal is a home health nurse for the elderly, putting her in direct contact with those most…

Allen County Regional Hospital should come under the control of Saint Luke’s Health System by April 1. That’s the tentative start date announced by ACRH Board of Trustees Tuesday night. Hospital officials have agreed to…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A survey of the state of Kansas’ 8,000 executive branch employees shows that the biggest concern for most of them is low pay and poor benefits. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that…

NEW YORK (AP) — Half of U.S. adults consider fake news a major problem, and they mostly blame politicians and activists for it, according to a new survey. A majority also believe journalists have the…