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Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 6:12 PM CDT
|By KCTV5 Staff
A city in Platte County has decided to cancel its community Halloween party due to COVID.
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Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 12:41 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
The Kansas Department of Environment has partnered with a telehealth company to simplify access to COVID-19 antiviral prescriptions.
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Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 10:41 AM CDT
|By Chris Fisher
The tests are free, and the agency says Amazon will deliver directly to your home at no cost.
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Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 11:39 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The U.N. health agency released latest weekly review of the pandemic issued Wednesday
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:45 AM CDT
|By KY3 Staff
This approval follows the emergency authorization of the boosters by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory board last week.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 9:45 AM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
Face masks do not impair social interaction according to a newly-published study from the University of Kansas.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By KCTV5 Staff
DHSS said people are eligible for the bivalent booster two months since their last primary or booster dose of Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 7:15 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
New COVID-19 boosters that target today’s most common omicron strains are set to begin soon after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the updated shots Thursday.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 2:50 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 2:47 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
In regard to COVID-19 vaccine mandates, Attorney General Derek Schmidt has urged a court to respect religious liberty.
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Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 12:43 PM CDT
|By Sarah Motter
While COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward, the lack of open beds and available staff have doctors in Northeast Kansas worried about the fall and winter seasons.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 5:13 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Lawrence, Kansas, is joining a nationwide initiative and will be monitoring wastewater for monkeypox, COVID, and other infectious diseases.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The U.N. health agency said there were more than 14,000 COVID-19 deaths in the last week and nearly 7 million new infections.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 1:37 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. has tested positive for COVID but was still able to vote in the election from his vehicle.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 4:17 PM CDT
|By KCTV5 Sports
The last time the Royals took the diamond, it was without 10 big league players due to Canada’s COVID vaccine mandate for international travelers.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 1:35 PM CDT
|By Melissa Brunner
Last week’s CDC map had 13 counties at a high community level. This week, 36 counties are considered high.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 12:54 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
He is currently the Chief Medical Advisor to the president.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 9:58 AM CDT
|By Greg Dailey
The county has experienced its highest 7-day rolling averages of new cases since mid-February 2022.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 3:20 PM CDT
|By Greg Dailey
A COVID vaccination is required for travel within and to depart Canada.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
Government advisers debated Tuesday if Americans should get a modified COVID-19 booster shot this fall, and exactly how best to update it to fight a virus that surely will change even more by then.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 12:20 PM CDT
|By KCTV5 Staff
From June 27-July 3, masks will be required “over mouth and nose” in Municipal Court.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 7:32 PM CDT
|By KCTV5 Staff
Select Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations are offering free COVID-19 vaccines to children 3 years of age and older.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 9:47 PM CDT
|By Betsy Webster
With the FDA finally giving emergency use authorization to COVID vaccines for children under the age of 5, many in the medical community are expecting a surge in demand and hopefully a decrease in hospitalizations.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 8:12 AM CDT
|By KCTV5 Staff
Kansas City-area families can get their young children vaccinated against the coronavirus starting this coming weekend.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 4:31 PM CDT
|By LINDSEY TANNER
Vaccinations could begin as early as Monday or Tuesday.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 7:59 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
A senior administration official said the mandate expires Sunday at 12:01 a.m. ET, saying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that it’s no longer necessary.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:30 PM CDT
|By The Associated Press
As parents wait for a final decision on vaccines for this age group, a rollout plan is already underway.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 8:01 AM CDT
|By Jared Broyles
Senator Roger Marshall introduces legislation to allow more than $150 billion in unused COVID funds for education to be used for school security.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By Sharon Chen
Spring is in the air. So is pollen and all the tiny little particles that can cause us to sneeze. So is COVID. Are your symptoms caused by allergies or something worse? We asked a doctor to do...
Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 1:07 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Kansas City Community Kitchen is closing its dining room until Monday due to a COVID exposure among kitchen staff.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 7:12 AM CDT
|By The Associated Press
The White House announced Tuesday that U.S. households can request an additional eight free at-home tests to be shipped by the U.S. Postal Service.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 2:17 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment says their walk-in clinic in Mission will be opening again on May 9.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 2:30 PM CDT
|By Nick Sloan
Beginning next week, masks will be optional inside the Kansas City, KS School District.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 9:27 PM CDT
|By Emily Rittman
If an individual school exceeds the 5% COVID-related absences threshold, that building will temporarily return to the mask requirement.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown and Emily Rittman
Update: The Shawnee Mission Board of Education has voted for an option that will require temporary masking if a school has at least 5% COVID-related absences.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 2:04 PM CDT
|By KCTV5 Staff
The Kansas hospital is celebrating having no COVID patients in two years.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 8:24 AM CDT
|By Greg Dailey
To celebrate, several staffers broke a coronavirus-shaped pinata
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 3:04 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Today, Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced that the state will be shifting from "emergency pandemic response to endemic normalcy.”
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 6:08 PM CDT
|By Micah Bray
"Signature walls" inside a Kansas City, Kansas vaccine clinic will be placed in a museum after the clinic closed its doors Wednesday, March 30.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By Greg Dailey
The governor said the state’s response to the pandemic will transition to that of an endemic beginning April 1
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 4:18 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt have joined a 21-state effort to end the mask mandate in place on public transportation.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 3:51 PM CDT
|By Jackson Hicks
A local hospital system is celebrating a “rare moment”: zero Covid patients in their intensive care units.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By Shain Bergan
With Kansas City area COVID numbers cratering in recent weeks, the Wyandotte County Health Department is shuttering its mass testing and vaccination site.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 4:17 PM CDT
|By Zoe Brown
People no longer need an appointment in order to get a COVID-19 vaccination at the clinic in Mission.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 1:58 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
There is no longer a State of Emergency in Independence, Missouri.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 1:32 PM CST
|By Zoe Brown
The governor has directed flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the more than 8,000 Kansans who've died due to COVID.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 6:13 PM CST
|By Abby Dodge
According to the Mid-America Regional Council. at its peak there were an average of 4,300 new cases each week. Those cases have dropped to 610.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 7:43 PM CST
|By Emily Rittman
For more than a year and a half, a Kansas husband, father and grandfather fought to come back home from the hospital.
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 5:00 PM CST
|By Angie Ricono
Monday afternoon, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed lawsuits against nine more school districts over their mask mandates. These are in addition to the 36 districts he sued last week.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2021 at 5:45 PM CDT
|By Angie Ricono
It’s a frightening place to be. Right now, Missouri leads the nation with the most new cases of Covid-19 per capita in the past 14 days. And some health experts are warning it could be getting worse.