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Small Violations Of Medical Privacy Can Hurt Patients And Erode Trust
Breaches that expose the health details of just a patient or two are proliferating nationwide. Regulators focus on larger privacy breaches and rarely take action on small ones, despite their harm.
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As Missouri health providers halt transgender care, families feel duped: 'They told us we were safe'
After Missouri's new ban took effect on Aug. 28, MU Health stopped providing gender-affirming care for minors, citing “significant legal liability." Washington University in St. Louis also ceased care for transgender youth, even those who were still eligible under the law.
Got your Real ID? Millions of Midwesterners still don’t have the new, more secure cards
After May 7, people age 18 and older who want to travel domestically by air and enter certain federal buildings will need to present a Real ID or a valid passport.
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To find someone buried in Kansas City, volunteer 'gravers' will search cemeteries for you
Using the site "Find a Grave," volunteers search, photograph and upload grave markers of both the famous and the forgotten. One Kansas City-area genealogist calls them "the glue that holds genealogy research together."
Coronavirus: All 50 States Report Cases; South America Has Nearly 1,000 Cases
West Virginia was the final state without any reports of the coronavirus disease, but on Tuesday evening Gov. Jim Justice announced officials have confirmed the state's first case.
Ready for a Kansas City food challenge? These enormous meals will test your appetite
A three-foot-long burrito. A $40 chicken sandwich. A hamburger 10 patties tall. At these Kansas City restaurants, finishing a food challenge will bring eternal glory, and possibly a stomachache too.
How Parents Talk To Children About Consent
Many parents agonize over the dreaded sex talk. Recent rape cases in Steubenville, Ohio, India and Nova Scotia have garnered international attention and spurred conversations about how parents should talk to their children about sexual assault and the meaning of consent.
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Fresh Air Remembers Artist William Christenberry, Chronicler Of The Rural South
Christenberry, who died on Monday, drew on his childhood experiences in Alabama. One of his pieces was inspired by an encounter he had with a Klansman. Originally broadcast in 1997.
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Building, And Losing, A Career On Facebook
What a meme-maker and an investigative journalist teach us about the power of the Facebook empire, and how its opaque decisions harm real people.
The Insecurity Of America's Old And Underfunded Voting Systems
Cybersecurity reporter Kim Zetter warns that our election systems, including our voting machines, are vulnerable to hacking: "We can't rule out that elections haven't already been manipulated."
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