1+ hour ago   (201+ words) Kansas City Star Ask most Kansans what the greatest threat is to their local hospital, and they will point to the usual suspects: thin margins, an aging population, a federal government that changes the rules every few years. All of…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (494+ words) A family vacation last month turned to grief when a Kansas City man was seriously injured by a falling rock at Glacier National Park in Montana and later died at a hospital. The family of Rex Schowengerdt, 72, shared their story…...

4+ day, 59+ min ago   (416+ words) There is a special kind of danger in an argument that sounds principled but is actually a trap. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s declaration that protecting constitutional rights must be our “primary obligation” during the next…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (310+ words) Nationwide, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 13,895 domestic cases, and about 10,455 others are undergoing further testing to determine whether the illness known for causing diarrhea and vomiting was acquired stateside. Of these nearly 14,000 cases, 1,577 come from Missouri…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (854+ words) Nikki Richardson wasn’t surprised when she heard that Wyandotte County’s public health department wouldn’t be able to provide some of its primary care services in coming weeks. The chief executive director of nonprofit Justice for Wyandotte has long called on…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (730+ words) Matalyn Chitwood graduated from Spring Hill High School in 2023 with a glowing report card. She headed to school in Minnesota on a scholarship to pursue biochemistry, and her 4.0 GPA and extracurriculars helped her get another scholarship for a dentistry program....

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1606+ words) A lawsuit that ended with a jury awarding $7.65 million in damages to the family of a man who allegedly contracted a deadly infection from a contaminated device used during his heart surgery at the University of Kansas Health System has…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (443+ words) A tight, flaky face that will not calm down no matter how much moisturizer you slather on might not need more product. It might need fewer. Dermatologists and nutritionists say the culprit is often your skin microbiome, the community of…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (242+ words) Another food-related outbreak is confirmed in Kansas and Missouri, according to a report from the United States Food and Drug Administration. Lisa Cox, a spokesperson for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said there are seven confirmed cases…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (632+ words) Ozempic face has moved from social media curiosity to something plastic surgeons and dermatologists say they now see every week. As GLP-1 medications reshape millions of American bodies, they are also changing something patients did not expect to lose along…...