Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Celia comes to the Kansas News Service after five years at the Topeka Capital-Journal. She brings in-depth experience covering schools and education policy in Kansas as well as news at the Statehouse. In the last year she has been diving into data reporting. At the Kansas News Service she will also be producing more radio, a medium she’s been yearning to return to since graduating from Columbia University with a master’s in journalism.
Celia also has a master’s degree in bilingualism studies from Stockholm University in Sweden. Before she landed in Kansas, Celia worked as a reporter for The American Lawyer in New York, translated Chinese law articles, and was a reporter and copy editor for the Taipei Times.
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Based on evidence about the quality of care by advanced practice nurses, more and more states have ditched the requirement that nurse practitioners work only under contracts with doctors. But physicians say the arrangements protect patients.
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In the span of an hour, the air in a classroom should effectively change four to six times, replaced with outdoor air and appropriately recycled indoor air.
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Statistics suggest Hispanic communities lag in access to the potentially life-saving coronavirus vaccines.
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Plenty of places offer free testing with no health insurance or official ID required. This eliminates the risk of a wrestling match with your insurer later.
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Kansas launched a program this week to vaccinate school staff and get kids back into classrooms. But meatpacking workers, one of the state's hardest-hit groups, are still waiting to hear when their turn starts.
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On Thursday, three Kansas City-area men were arrested for their alleged roles. Now a Topeka man and his brother in Idaho face similar charges for storming the Capitol.
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Half of North America's grassland birds have disappeared since 1970. Other species are declining, too. So scientists want to know what you see near you, whether you spot a pigeon or a peregrine falcon.
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Even if you fall under the current phase of the state's vaccine rollout, you'll probably have to get on a wait list because supplies remain limited.
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The state health department says hospital fundraising boards were not part of Phase 1 of the vaccine rollout for health care workers and nursing home residents.
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Even before the pandemic, pharmacists were notoriously busy. Now COVID-19 vaccines are adding to that workload. So thousands of their coworkers nationwide are training to help with immunizations.