TOPEKA — Federal funding losses upended a courier service used to transport health and water samples to state laboratories, and a Kansas agency is working to determine a way to make sure tests arrive quickly, a state official said. The service transported COVID-19 tests and samples to state laboratories and also has been used by local health departments and public water supply systems to deliver tests and water samples. Of 154,196 samples delivered to state laboratories last year, 81,510 were delivered by courier service, Goss said. Health departments and public water departments will have to absorb the cost of shipping samples, Goss said. Postal Service to determine if it could fill the gap created by the end of the courier service, Goss said.