TOPEKA — The Kansas Board of Healing Arts released a document Friday responding to confusion among medical professionals created by the “unprecedented” letter sent out by Sen. Mark Steffen about prescribing FDA-approved drugs for off-label use against COVID-19.
TOPEKA — When the University of Kansas wanted to encourage students to take a COVID-19 test upon returning to campus for the 2020 fall semester, administration turned to a team of behavioral scientists for advice.
Dear Doctors: When my nephew was born last year, he had something the doctors called neonatal jaundice. It went away after a few weeks, and he seemed fine. Then the same thing happened when I had my daughter. Why do babies get jaundice? Is it dangerous for them?
A memorial service celebrating the life of Larry D. Friesen, who died on August 8, 2020, will take place on Saturday, April 16th at 3:00 pm at Bethel College Mennonite Church, N. Newton, Kansas, with the prelude beginning at 2:45 pm. For those who cannot attend, there is a live streaming option on the church’s website: bethelcollegemennonitechurch.org
WICHITA – The Bethel College track teams gained a national qualifier Friday and Saturday at the K.T. Woodman Classic at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium.
MAIZE – The Newton High School baseball team had its chances in both games against Maize South Friday in AV-CTL I play in Maize, but 13 errors undermined those efforts. Newton lost the first game 6-4 and the second game 7-4.
YORK, Neb. — The Bethel College softball team suffered another setback in KCAC play, dropping two games Saturday a York College.
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On March 23, 2022, the Taliban in Afghanistan closed girls’ high schools, hours after they had re-opened. Afghan girls will not be able to attend school beyond fifth grade. As a teacher, I am angry that these students are denied any higher education. Yet this is not a black-and-white issue. And while this Taliban action is among the darkest, much of the rest of the world operates in the gray as well. Given equal test scores and measured abilities, “he” will be paid more and promoted higher than “she.”
Many Kansas Republicans likely guffawed in disbelief when Governor Laura Kelly recently insisted she was “a major local-control advocate.” The image of Democrats as favoring big government programs, with Republicans fighting to keep government small and local, is deeply entrenched. The language of the state GOP, presenting Kelly’s emergency orders during the pandemic as examples of “one-size-fits-all” overreach, employs this stereotype expertly.