COVID-19

Kansas Health Secretary Lee Norman displays a swab used for COVID-19 testing.

Testing In The Middle of the Pandemic Riddle For Kansas City

In the roundabout world that is COVID-19 testing raises almost as many questions as it provides answers as Kansas City seeks to reopen.

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes

curiousKC: What are the Chiefs Doing Stuck at Home?

Flatland reader Jennifer Pilcher wanted to know what the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs are up to stuck at home.

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Toilet paper

Doing Our Doody To Combat COVID

Kansas researchers believe analyses of wastewater can help health authorities track the prevalence of the coronavirus.

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Hogs in a field

Pandemic Forces Food Chain Reaction By Small Farmers

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing small farmers to rethink the food chain to connect their products with customers.

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Kar Woo, founder of Artists Helping the Homeless.

A Good-Hearted Artist Meets His Moment During Pandemic

Kar Woo, founder of Artists Helping the Homeless, has thrown himself into meeting the mounting needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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National Beef plant in Dodge City, Kansas

In Grip of Pandemic, Kansas Meatpacking Workers Say ‘We’re Right Next To Each Other’

Workers in Kansas meatpacking plants are worried that precautions now being taken aren’t enough to slow the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

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A masked woman holds a dog.

Pet Placement Surges During Pandemic

A population stuck indoors during the global pandemic has given pet placement an all-time boost.

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Fashion model Vincent Sung.

Artists in Residence: Vincent Sung Discovers ‘COVID Style’

There’s an opportunity in every crisis, if you care to look. The in-person modeling industry, which is collaborative by definition, has come to a virtual standstill. But for fashion model and artist Vincent Sung, adjusting to the ongoing pandemic led to the serendipitous discovery of a whole new visual style. “People are adapting,” Sung says….

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Kansas Statehouse at sunset

States Ponder Rules of Engagement as They Reopen Amid Pandemic

Kansas, Missouri and surrounding states are taking various routes to reopen amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

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Supporters wearing Zero Reasons Why wrist bands.

Pandemic Spurs Concern About Suicide Among KC-Area Youths

Beds are going unfilled at Kansas City-area child psychiatric facilities, raising questions about how the COVID-19 pandemic is playing out for teens.

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