COVID-19 vaccine refusal rates may be high among white evangelical Christians, but the International Mission Board — which deploys thousands of missionaries — is not hesitant about the shot. The global agency of the Southern…

Allen County, and Southeast Kansas in general, have some of the highest COVID cases and lowest vaccination rates in the state.  Allen County is now ranked near the bottom 10% of all counties in the…

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas students, faculty and staff members called on administrators to mandate vaccines on campus during a rally Sunday, expressing concerns about the ongoing surge of the delta variant of COVID-19. Nearly…

Employees at Allen County Regional Hospital will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 30, Saint Luke’s Health System announced earlier this week. It’s not clear exactly how many local employees will…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — More than half of Kansas students are now required to wear masks in school as the delta variant rages, leading to widespread quarantines and forcing one district to call off classes…

Jessica Tanner worries her son will be infected by COVID-19 again. He barely survived the first time. Connor McCullough, age 12, was diagnosed with the coronavirus in late January.  A healthy boy with no underlying…

The Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments, including Allen County, are now offering an additional dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for those moderately to severely immunocompromised.  Mondays are walk-in days. Otherwise, call for an appointment.…

NEW YORK — Half of American workers are in favor of vaccine requirements at their workplaces. It comes at a time when such mandates are gaining traction now that the government has given full approval…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday for people 16 and older, making it the first of three COVID-19 shots available in the U.S. to be upgraded from an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a milestone that may help lift public confidence in the shots as the nation battles the most contagious coronavirus mutant yet.…