Healthcare and Insurance
Wyandotte County, the COVID-19 hotspot for Kansas since the onset of the pandemic, has new evidence that containment efforts are bringing the illness under control. At a news briefing this morning, physician Allen Greiner of the Unified Government's health…
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Johnson County, Kan., has upped its drive-thru testing capabilities for COVID-19 tests, increasing the number of daily capability from 60 to 90. The tests, which are done by appointment, are administered for free to residents over 18 at the Johnson…
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A new Columbia University report says that tens of thousands of lives would have been saved if social-distancing measures would have been put in place more quickly in the United States. If the measures were put in place one week…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said he would like to see COVID-19 testing increased to 7,500 per day, an increase of 60 percent from last week's average. The push comes as Missouri is reportedly ranked 41st out of 50 states in…
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Increased COVID-19 testing is stressed in a new Centers for Disease report on how the country should reopen in the wake of the virus' spread across the a nation. Based on the results of the testing, coupled with the efforts…
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Marc Hahn is president and chief executive officer of Kansas City University. Q. How has health-care instruction changed since COVID-19? A. COVID-19 changed all education in a dramatic way and it did so with a speed no one thought possible.…
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The numbers suggest COVID-19 is easing its pandemic grip on the U.S., and with states lifting restrictions on business activity, tens of thousands of business owners will be trying to come up with their own answers to a shared question:…
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Health-care executives across the nation, like their counterparts in elective office, are anxiously studying metrics on the COVID-19 pandemic as states lift restrictions on business activity. They might take some measure of comfort from the latest statistics on the spread…
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The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers about contract-tracing scams sent out via text message. It says that government health departments will send out a text message simply letting one know that they will call. Scan texts will ask for…
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Online insurance broker SelectQuote, which is based in Overland Park, is preparing for an IPO to raise $475 million with a stock price in the range of $17 to $19. MarketWatch reports it could place the value of the company…
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