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CDC approves shortened wait time to receive Pfizer booster

Two measures have been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first allows increased access to additional doses of Pzifer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the second shortening the recommended interval of time between the initial dose and the booster.… more

Report: New Vaccine May Address All Variants

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research will soon announce successful development of a vaccine that is effective against COVID-19 and all its variants, according to a report from DefenseOne.com. That protection, it said, extends even to the latest COVID… more

Intouch Group Acquisition a Done Deal

The acquisition of Intouch Group, one of the Kansas City region's most successful entrepreneurial ventures over the past generation, has been completed, the Overland Park company and its new parent, Chicago-based Eversana, have announced.  The deal, for a reported $950… more

More Data Center Operations Coming to KC

With Kansas City already targeted as home for the world’s largest data-center operations, another player is suiting up to get into that game: An operating unit of Google has added more than 235 acres to a nearly 80-acre plot it… more

Annual home prices up 19.5 percent in September

Pandemic-era house price growth in the United States galloped to the fastest pace ever recorded in the summer, but this pace slowed a little in the latest report. In September, the CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-City House Price Index rose three times… more

Kansas appoints new KDHE secretary

Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday appointed a former Topeka hospital executive as the new secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Janet Stanek has most recently been director of the state employee health benefits program. She replaces Dr.… more

COVID-19 vaccine rule blocked in 10 states including Missouri and Kansas

On Monday, Nov. 29, a federal judge blocked a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on healthcare workers from the Biden administration. The judge's ruling exempts health workers from receiving the vaccine in 10 states including Missouri and Kansas. The ruling was made… more

MCC realigning work-force office effort

Armed with a $600,000 grant from a private trust, Metropolitan Community College will relocate its work-force training programs, with a goal of making them more accessible to students in the urban core. The programs currently are housed at the college’s… more

KSU to unveil Economic Prosperity Plan

[caption id="attachment_35763" align="alignleft" width="282"] Image courtesy of Kansas State University[/caption] Heading into his final month as president of Kansas State University, Gen. Richard Myers is scheduled to lead a presentation this week when the university announces its Economic Prosperity Plan.… more

Jury finds CVS, Walgreen’s and Walmart had hand in fueling fatal opioid overdoses

Coming off a record year for opioid deaths in the United States, a federal jury in Cleveland has placed a share of the blame on CVS, Walgreen’s and Walmart. Jurors heard six weeks of testimony and deliberated for the better… more