Vaccination rates have slowed as the Delta variant becomes the prominent variant throughout the U.S.
Fears mount as COVID-19 numbers continue to climb across Missouri, and a local cannabis company is the first Black-owned brand to be sold at a dispensary in the state.
Segment 1, beginning at 1:00: A recent mask recommendation by the Kansas City Health Department signals that the pandemic is far from over.
The more contagious Delta variant spread rapidly through unvaccinated communities in southwestern Missouri. Case counts in the state have doubled in the last two weeks, and hospitalizations have reached numbers that haven t been seen since January.
Kansas City Health Department Not Looking To Mandate Masks As COVID Resurges
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Kansas City woman thought her COVID was mild Her health, and finances, still suffer
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New clinic to help ‘long-haulers’
The University of Kansas Health System is offering a new clinic for long-haulers, those patients who have had COVID-19 symptoms for weeks or months.
The clinic will bring together specialists from different areas to work together with recovering COVID-19 patients, according to Dr. Branden Comfort, internal medicine. Among the specialties that will be represented are pulmonary, cardiology, neurology, psychology, rehab, social work and physical medicine.
Dr. Comfort said there are patients coming in every day who have long-term persistent symptoms of COVID-19. Some of those symptoms might include fatigue, coughs, shortness of breath, joint pains, chest pain, brain fog and others.