COVID-19

The Asian community is getting blamed for the pandemic

Age of Coronavirus: The Politics of the Pandemic

In a Flatland interview, University of Kansas professor Jack Zhang discusses how the “politics of blame” shapes our political and economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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John Tootle playing bagpipes

Age of Coronavirus: A Wistful Drone of Bagpipes Echoes in Brookside

John Tootle is using his skills as a bagpiper to raise the spirits of housebound families in the age of coronavirus.

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Nurses at the University of Kansas Medical Center demonstrated the use of a tank respirator, or “iron lung,” for polio patients in 1950.

Age of Coronavirus: KC’s Role in Winning the War on Polio

Kansas City played an underappreciated role in conquering polio, a public health scourge with some similarities with the current COVID-19 outbreak.

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two hope faith staffers wheel in some donated orange juice

Age of Coronavirus: KC Area Far Short Of Space For Homeless During Pandemic

The three main counties in the Kansas City area — Wyandotte and Johnson in Kansas, and Jackson in Missouri — would have to boost bed capacity for the homeless by about 60% virtually overnight as the coronavirus begins to peak.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks: Connecting Dots During Another Week of Stay-at-Home Orders

Here’s the outlook for the week ahead in Kansas City so you and your family can be better prepared for what’s coming. Stay-at-Home Order in Kansas Starting today, the entire state of Kansas is under a stay-at-home order. Most of the area already is under a similar emergency mandate. So what difference will it make…

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