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COVID-19 response in Douglas County, Kansas (2020)

Collected by: University of Kansas

Archived since: Mar, 2020

Description:

This archive documents the response to, narrative of, and events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic in Douglas County and at the University of Kansas. This includes the efforts of the University, county and cities governments, businesses, and the community at large. Some of the sources included in this archive are official university websites, county and city government pages, and news stories. This archive attempts to track and gather the digital response of the county, University, and their communities to the COVID-19 pandemic and the events and changes that followed. As this is still on ongoing situation, more websites are added as new information and procedures emerge

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Title: Robert Pattinson: The Batman opening is so jarring

URL: https://www.kansan.com/lifestyles/entertainment/robert-pattinson-the-batman-opening-is-so-jarring/article_c51ab865-c196-5a3b-91bc-e7dd16f72855.html

Description: Robert Pattinson has revealed that the opening shot of his new movie 'The Batman' is "so jarring" and different from any previous Batman film.

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Subject:   Entertainment

Title: Four in 10 Adults Report Heart Symptoms During the Pandemic

URL: https://www.kansan.com/lifestyles/health/four-in-10-adults-report-heart-symptoms-during-the-pandemic/article_4a91de28-a594-5efc-be9a-e75c4182250e.html

Description: WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Four in 10 U.S. adults report experiencing at least one heart-related issue since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a survey released Feb. 1 by the Cleveland Clinic.

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Subject:   Health

Title: Keep Wearing Masks a While Longer, CDC Director Says

URL: https://www.kansan.com/lifestyles/health/keep-wearing-masks-a-while-longer-cdc-director-says/article_44fdf28d-653b-56b7-80ad-7a3de1cf370c.html

Description: WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many states are already dispensing with mask mandates, but the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says COVID-19 case and hospitalization numbers in the United States remain too high to ease its mask guidelines.

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Subject:   Health

Title: Keep Wearing Masks a While Longer, CDC Director Says

URL: https://www.kansan.com/lifestyles/health/keep-wearing-masks-a-while-longer-cdc-director-says/article_6603b682-654a-500a-b7c9-fee4e3f7aa3a.html

Description: WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many states are already dispensing with mask mandates, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's director says COVID-19 case and hospitalization numbers in the United States remain too high to ease its mask guidelines.

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Subject:   Health

Title: Researchers Say They've Developed Accurate 4-Minute COVID Test

URL: https://www.kansan.com/lifestyles/health/researchers-say-theyve-developed-accurate-4-minute-covid-test/article_4f77ac09-f36c-53fe-98cc-8911659e0ff0.html

Description: WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay) -- A new coronavirus test that provides results within four minutes is as accurate as a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) lab test, according to the Chinese scientists who developed it.

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Subject:   Health

Title: Strokes Triggered by COVID-19 Could Be More Disabling

URL: https://www.kansan.com/lifestyles/health/strokes-triggered-by-covid-19-could-be-more-disabling/article_824c53e3-1fe5-58b4-86d8-a12f814da27e.html

Description: WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Strokes caused by COVID-19 appear to be more disabling and deadly than those not associated with the infectious disease, a new study finds.

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Subject:   Health

Title: County commission votes to extend Douglas County mask mandate

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/county-commission-votes-to-extend-douglas-county-mask-mandate/article_855b58d8-8a2a-11ec-9f9d-7322f1de71c6.html

Description: The Douglas County Board of Commissioners extended the current mask mandate to last until March 2. The decision was made with the help of local health officials.

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Subject:   General news

Title: KU Housing revokes decision to return to sleeping porches at Miller and Watkins

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/ku-housing-revokes-decision-to-return-to-sleeping-porches-at-miller-and-watkins/article_bbdddc22-8a2b-11ec-8e08-43a1e7a32e6b.html

Description: In an email to residents Wednesday night, KU Housing revoked its decision to return Miller and Watkins to a sleeping porch set-up. According to Aramis Watson, associate director of residence life, it can be anticipated that sleeping porches will return for the 2023-2024 academic year.

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Subject:   General news

Title: Miller and Watkins to use sleeping porches next year, with COVID-19 concerns among residents

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/miller-and-watkins-to-use-sleeping-porches-next-year-with-covid-19-concerns-among-residents/article_3ec32eb8-89ef-11ec-9697-433592e5ea5e.html

Description: Miller Scholarship Hall and Watkins Scholarship Hall will resume the use of sleeping porches for the 2022-2023 academic year. Residents of both halls raised concerns about COVID-19 at a housing meeting Tuesday.

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Subject:   General news

Title: DHS issues terrorism advisory against 'offenders' who spread 'misinformation' about election fraud, COVID-19

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/national/dhs-issues-terrorism-advisory-against-offenders-who-spread-misinformation-about-election-fraud-covid-19/article_e6d2f0b9-0b6d-5c9c-b882-eb65feff0690.html

Description: (The Center Square) – The latest U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) terrorist advisory bulletin says Americans who express concerns about election fraud or COVID-19 restrictions could be potential threats to domestic security.

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Subject:   National

Title: Hospital overwhelmed with onslaught of Covid-19 patients

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/national/hospital-overwhelmed-with-onslaught-of-covid-19-patients/video_4f496f30-0e95-5b56-a9bd-3fb598ffcbee.html

Description: CNN's Gary Tuchman looks at one South Dakota hospital that is overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients, in a state that is experiencing explosive Co…

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Subject:   National

Title: Liberty Counsel: Military continues to deny religious exemptions as Navy SEALs head to court

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/national/liberty-counsel-military-continues-to-deny-religious-exemptions-as-navy-seals-head-to-court/article_26a91738-ed9c-581a-9771-bcf16f832e9f.html

Description: (The Center Square) – The U.S. military continues to deny religious exemptions to service members, Liberty Counsel argues, after reports were filed by each department of the military ahead of a U.S. District court hearing scheduled for Thursday.

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Subject:   National

Title: Mother shares message to Canadian trucker protesters after losing son to Covid

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/national/mother-shares-message-to-canadian-trucker-protesters-after-losing-son-to-covid/video_d983ff8f-96fb-5760-b4db-ea87bd101459.html

Description: Dave Mitchell, a Canadian trucker who was not vaccinated, died of Covid-19 in October. As truckers protest vaccine mandates in Ottawa, Mitchel…

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Subject:   National

Title: With opioid deaths on the rise, group asks Biden to label fentanyl weapon of mass destruction

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/national/with-opioid-deaths-on-the-rise-group-asks-biden-to-label-fentanyl-weapon-of-mass/article_191b3e96-6a78-58f2-9c8e-6a9a2cef002c.html

Description: (The Center Square) – A nonprofit organization wants President Joe Biden to designate illicit fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction to reduce fentanyl deaths, which have doubled in 30 states in two years.

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Subject:   National

Title: How the Number of Job Openings in Kansas Compares to the Rest of the US

URL: https://www.kansan.com/news/state/how-the-number-of-job-openings-in-kansas-compares-to-the-rest-of-the-us/article_d3b61297-186c-5203-965e-10cb144b9db5.html

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic sent the U.S. unemployment rate up to a post Great Depression high of 14.7% in April 2020. Though the jobless rate has since fallen back below 4%, the U.S. job market is far from pre-pandemic norms in at least one other key measure – labor supply. The U.S. is currently grappling with […]

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Subject:   State

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