West Nile vaccine in short supply as cases rise in Kansas
The report notes vaccine shortages across Kansas counties including Johnson and Wyandotte with four horse infections confirmed in Cowley Meade Ottawa and Rice. It details vaccine price 14.50 a dose plus booster timing three to six weeks later and cites expert views on effectiveness. Health officials monitor mosquitoes birds and horses and urge moisture control and DEET repellents to prevent transmission.
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Hugoton Veterinary Hospital
Berry
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas
Cowley
Spath Veterinary Clinic
Scott City
Garden City
KDHE
Centers For Disease Control
Africa
West Asia
Europe
United State
New York City
United States
Security measures rise at Garden City airport
Airport security tightens as TSA takes over, with Garden City police to end of 2003, replacing National Guard. Osborn to oversee federalized staff across Wichita to Liberal airports. Community cooperative after Sept. 11 anniversary raises concerns of no fly zones and more air marshals.
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Garden City
Kansas National Guard
Esquivel
TSA
Billy “Keith” Osborne
U.S. Air Force
Kansas
Wichita
Salina
Hays
Dodge City
Liberal
Osborne
22Nd Air Wing
McConnell Air Force Base
SRS consolidations aim to save millions in western Kansas
SRS officials expect regional consolidations to save about 800000 by merging offices and offices into a central service center. The plan shifts some duties from smaller counties to Salina and Garden City with travel to meet clients and more centralized phone access. Medicaid recipients will stay with centralized processing in Topeka, and urban areas will see growth while rural offices shrink.
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Graves
SRS
Janet Schalansky
Salina
Lincoln
Mitchell
Jewell
Ottawa
Schalansky
Southwest Kansas Area
Garden City
Southwest Kansas
Kansas
Topeka
Schools face funding cuts ripple through districts
State reductions announced Thursday trim funding by seven dollars per student and remove a previously budgeted twenty dollar increase. Holcomb faces smaller, classroom-focused cuts while Garden City sees no education impact as districts anticipate further cuts next year and consider shortening routes, delaying maintenance, or eliminating programs to cope with a tighter budget.
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Philippi
Daryl Prater
Holcomb
Garden City
Milt Pippenger
Pippenger
Prater
Graves Unveils 41 Million Dollar Budget Cut Plan
Kansas officials outline 41 million in immediate cuts based on a 108 million shortfall for the first half of fiscal 2003. Goossen warned the total 216 million annual reduction could rise, with economists to set new revenue estimates in November and 575 million projected over 18 months.
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Schalansky
Department of Aging
Doug Farmer
Graves
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