Juliann Van Liew was selected to lead Polk County's public health department following the retirement of the department's current director in January.

The Polk County Board of Supervisors selected Juliann Van Liew to take over the position. Current director Helen Eddy will retire next month.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly listened as Juliann Van Liew, director of Unified Government Public Health Department, explained a vaccination card during a tour of the COVID-19 vaccination center ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors officially named Juliann Van Liew as the next Director of the Polk County Health Department, according to a statement released on Tuesday.

Director Juliann Van Liew says the vending machine has been a success so far. In fact some staffers, Van Liew included, have seen people driving up for an item.

The health department wants to declare racism as a public health crisis, said Juliann Van Liew, director of public health, and officials are working on a draft resolution.

Van Liew said Polk County has seen consistent declines of fully vaccinated school-aged children since 2018.

“Unfortunately, the fatigue is real and people can only hear it so long until they just start to not hear it anymore," said Juliann Van Liew, director of public health for the Unified Government ...

Unified Government of Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas, Health Department director Juliann Van Liew, said Tuesday that Kansas City could find itself in a similar situation as last winter if ...

Juliann Van Liew was selected to lead Polk County's public health department following the retirement of the department's current director in January.