Kansas Moves Pfizer Doses To Hospitals For At Risk Workers
Kansas distributes 23 750 Pfizer doses to hospitals for health care workers and nursing home residents. A second Pfizer shipment of 17 550 doses begins shots for these groups. Federal advisers propose prioritizing 75 plus and essential workers after health care workers and residents. Masks and distancing remain vital as doses remain limited and months may pass before broad vaccination. Kansas reports a pandemic high seven day death average and rising case totals, with total deaths at 2 448 and total cases at 204 600. Vaccination aims to reach nursing homes on site via CVS and Walgreens, while Moderna doses offer broader distribution. Public health officials stress ongoing precautions and expect improved coverage next year.
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Steve Stites
University of Kansas Health System
State Health Department
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Walgreens
Jessica Kalender-Rich
Laura Kelly
Eek
Stites
Kansas
Douglas County shifts DEU focus to drug linked crimes under Armbrister
Sheriff-elect Jay Armbrister will take office January 11 and steer a retooled Drug Enforcement Unit toward crimes tied to drug activity rather than low level users. The change preserves service levels while maintaining cross‑agency cooperation with Lawrence Police and the Douglas County DA, per policy MOUs and past forfeiture shares.
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Hethcoat
Douglas County
Tarik Khatib
Journal-World
DEA
SPD
LPD
Sheriffs Office
DEU
Prisoners suffer COVID-19 crisis in Kansas and nation
Prisoners face unchecked spread and scarce care as judges order inspections nationwide. Dante Westmoreland, released from Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas, recalls contracting the virus among about 5100 infected inmates. Kansas shows the third highest statewide rate with eightfold prison infection versus general population. eleven prisoners have died, including five at Lansing, while four Arkansas facilities report widespread infections and zero deaths among 9700+ inmates.
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Dante Westmoreland
Lansing
Kansas
South Dakota
Arkansas
Westmoreland
Colorado
Jared Polis
Prison Policy Initiative
David J. Harris
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute For Race and Justice
Harvard Law School
Council On Criminal Justice
Alberto Gonzalez
Loretta Lynch
Otter
National Academies of Science, Medicine and Engineering
New Jersey
California
State Corrections Agency
John Wetzel
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Corrections
Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein
UNC
Prison COVID toll rises as infections spread behind bars
Donte Westmoreland recalled his prison nightmare amid a deadly outbreak at Lansing Correctional Facility as the AP and Marshall Project map infection rates across states. The death of 29 year old Derick Coley at Cummins Unit underscores how outbreaks hit inmates, staff, and families while vaccines roll out unevenly.
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Cummins Unit
Cece Tate
Coley
Tate
Federal Bureau of Prisons
The
Marshall Project
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Yale School of Medicine
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