Healthcare and Insurance
Total payroll employment in March fell by 701,000 primarily due to COVID-19, according to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report, and the unemployment rate hit 4.4 percent, up 0.9 percent from the previous month. That marks the biggest…
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The University of Kansas Health System reported this morning that its inpatient census of COVID-19 was unchanged since Friday, at 33, a hopeful sign that efforts to contain the spread were paying off. Three of the physicans at the main…
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The Harvard Global Health Institute has released an analysis that offers, for the first time, a look at which areas of the nation--including the Kansas City market--would see hospital facilities stretched beyond capacity because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
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The State of Missouri will experience its peak of resources needed to deal with COVID-19 on May 19, the longest it will take all 50 states to hit that milestone, according to a report from the University of Washington's Institute…
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Beyond the now-familiar concepts of stay-at-home directives, social distancing and more deliberate personal care, the war on COVID-19 continues to expand on another front: manufacturing. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has called on manufacturers to help produce personal protective equipment to…
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Robert Kenagy, CEO of Stormont Vail Health, has issued a note to employees regarding salary cuts at one of the region's largest medical centers while it copes with the costs of fighting the COVID-19 virus. In an email sent Tuesday…
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Local philanthropists, corporations and nonprofit organizations have joined forces to help the city’s most vulnerable population. “Our region is pulling together in an extraordinary way,” explained David Warm, executive director of Mid-America Regional Council, one of the organizations involved. “This fund…
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The COVID-19 spread is growing in both Missouri and Kansas. As of yesterday, the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services reported that there are 1,327 cases and 14 deaths, spread across counties around the state. In Kansas there are…
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As COVID-19 spreads across the nation, local healthcare organizations are talking about how to share resources and are hopeful that if residents heed their advice, the greater metro area will have the resources to help those needing hospitalization. “As we…
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Kansas City-based MRIGlobal has launched a new line of mobile laboratories that are designed "to address a myriad of biological and chemical threats," the company says. "MRIGlobal's mobile lab solutions have become essential infrastructure to many nations and customers in…
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