Gov. Kelly spreads awareness for Multiple System Atrophy
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Governor Laura Kelly officially proclaimed March to be Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) Awareness month in the state of Kansas Monday, adding the state to a small list of entities that recognize the distinction.
MSA, previously known as Shy-Drager Syndrome, is a rare, deadly neurodegenerative condition that affects up to 50,000 Americans. Only 15,000 are currently diagnosed with the disease.
Gregg Root of Abilene has lived with MSA for two years and said it is pivotal to raise awareness and have community support.
“I think it’s very important,” Root said. “It’s not unusual to go to the hospital, or into the doctor s office, and have the doctor say he’s never heard of it.”
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
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TOPEKA Governor Laura Kelly Monday announced that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine began arriving in Kansas Monday morning. The vaccine has been received in several ultra-cold storage locations across the state, with delivery anticipated to continue through tomorrow. A total of about 24,000 doses is expected.
I want to thank our states dedicated public health workers for their efforts to protect our communities from the threat of COVID-19 often at personal risk to their safety while we waited for a vaccine to become ready and available, Kelly said. While the news of initial vaccine distribution is exciting for our state, I want to remind Kansans that the threat is not over. We must all continue practicing commonsense COVID-19 mitigation efforts to protect our neighbors health and safety, keep businesses open, and get our kids back in school.
KLKN-TV
December 14, 2020 6:59 pm
We’re eyeing a developing weather system over southeast Colorado and southwest Kansas Monday evening. This system is expected to spread moisture, in the form of snow, northeast towards Nebraska.
Winter Weather Advisories have been issued by the National Weather Service in advance of snow reaching the state. The advisories go in to even Monday night and continue through Tuesday evening.
Snow will begin to spread in to south central Nebraska during the early morning hours Tuesday. The snow could produce an impact on the morning commute in Kearney, Hastings, and Grand Island.
Snow will take a while to reach Lincoln. Computer models project dry air in the lower few thousand feet over the capital city which would delay snow reaching the ground. The window for snow to reach the ground is between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday.