COVID-19

Forecast Estimates Show COVID Infections Rise Near March 2020 Levels

Posted September 20, 2023 COVID-19 cases are slowly creeping toward levels seen in 2020, according to wastewater surveillance and modeling by forecasters. In an update posted earlier this month, Jay Weiland, a COVID modeler, estimated that 650,000 Americans are becoming… more

COVID Strain ‘Eris’ Is Now the Dominant in The U.S.

Posted August 9, 2023 A recent strain of the coronavirus, EG.5, has made its way to the top of the list regarding COVID-19 variants responsible for cases in the U.S. EG.5, nicknamed ‘Eris’, makes up approximately 17.3 percent of all… more

COVID Hospitalizations Reach All-Time Low In May

Within the United States cases of COVID-19 hospitalizations have reached a record low, crossing the threshold of less than 9,000. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that hospitalizations were at 8,256 as of May 25. This time… more

Study Finds 12 Symptoms For Long COVID

Long COVID is a post-infection set of conditions an individual could feel after contracting COVID-19 and a new study could help identify symptoms past patients feel months or years later.  The study published by JAMA and funded by the National… more

Regional COVID-19 Hubs Archived

Last week’s declaration that the federal government was ending travel restrictions marked the formal end of the COVID-19 saga as a public health emergency in the U.S. And with that, the Mid-America Regional Council has archived its COVID hub, which… more

Q&A with Dana Hawkinson, MD

Dr. Hawkinson is an associate professor of infectious diseases at the University of Kansas Medical Center. With COVID-19 restrictions on flight travel being lifted on Thursday, we asked Hawkinson the key takeaways from the pandemic and how we as a… more

COVID Hospitalizations Fall to Pandemic-Era Low

Much to the relief of beleaguered health-care providers, the numbers of people hospitalized with COVID-19 hit something of a milestone this week, falling below 100 for the first time since all 27 regional hospitals began reporting data to the Mid-America… more

FDA gives full approval of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. health regulators has given the official green light to Moderna’s version of the COVID-19 vaccine. To be marketed as Spikevax, full approval of the shot has been granted for ages 18 and older, and will continue to be administered… more

Omicron variant decelerating

Is Omicron on the way out? It may be too soon to celebrate the end of this latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the rolling seven-day daily average case count in the U.S. peaked within the past week, at… more

Kansas bill advances to Senate, could ease healthcare staffing shortages

The Kansas House has approved a bill allowing the continuation of a temporary waiver on some healthcare licensure requirements, a help to healthcare facilities facing staffing shortages. The bill goes before the Senate for a vote on Thursday, Jan. 20.… more