Dear Doctors: How long does the smallpox vaccine stay effective? I ask because I received it as a child in the 1950s. Is it known if the vaccine would be effective against monkeypox some 60 years later, or is a booster needed? Does a booster even exist?
A new grant from the U.S. Russia Foundation will fund free online Russian language courses for Kansas high school students.
Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab broke state law by taking action to prevent provisional ballot information from becoming public, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Friday. The judges said that Schwab, a Republican, told a private company in 2020 to shut off a software feature that gave his office easy access to provisional ballot data and which, by extension, allowed the public to request the information.
TOPEKA — Independent governor candidate Dennis Pyle attended a Topeka gun show in a quest to gather some of the 5,000 petition signatures necessary to secure a spot on the November general election ballot.
As a clinical professor at my state’s medical school, I frequently have medical students seeing patients with me in clinic. While the majority of patients are happy to allow student involvement, some decline. This makes me wonder what misconceptions lead patients to be averse to trainees participating at their clinic visits or hospital bedsides. In my experience, the presence of learners has a positive influence on our work in the clinic and hospital.
Becky Fields, who is currently running for Harvey County Treasurer in the Aug. 2 Republican Primary, served more than three terms as treasurer before retiring from the position in 2018.
One week ago Harvey County Commissioner Chip Westfall asked the commission to consider a temporary moratorium on wind farms in the county, one that would block all projects while the county planning and zoning board considers regulations for such projects.
The city of Newton moved to privatize recycling collection earlier this year, and that has resulted in a number of residential customers to leave recycling in the rear view mirror, so to speak. In a move responding to changes at the county level - Harvey County voted to shutter its recycling sort center at the Harvey County Transfer Station in response to fee increases in March - the city entered into a contract with Nisly Brothers to privatize the service.
Enrollment for new students and families to Newton USD 373 will be from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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