Tag: vaccinations

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s scientific advisers plan to meet with vaccine makers in coming days even as a stalled presidential transition keeps them out of the loop on government plans to inoculate all…

The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday — as the shots are poised to begin key final testing. “No matter…

Allen County Regional Hospital has been recognized by the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) and the Kansas Department of Health for achieving one of the highest reported rates in the state for its work to protect…

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series. Read part 1 here.) COFFEYVILLE — More than one in 10 kindergartners in Kansas in the 2017-2018 school year lacked at least some of the…

(Note: This is the first in a two-part series.) Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado. The national measles outbreak ? numbering more than 1,000 cases so far ? hasn?t hit Kansas yet, but it has crept awfully close…

(Note: This is the first in a two-part series.) Oklahoma, Missouri, Colorado. The national measles outbreak ? numbering more than 1,000 cases so far ? hasn?t hit Kansas yet, but it has crept awfully close…

Imagine you walked through an empty room and from that 5-second exposure contracted measles. For the unprotected, that’s a reality. In fact, the carrier of the virus could have left the room a full two…