AIDS

Black women have some of the highest new infection rates regionally and nationally, and many still face systemic barriers in receiving the health care they need to live healthy and normal lives.

Exclusion of affordable housing from President Biden's plan has the Missouri congressman unable to commit his support, one Kansas City nonprofit is improving health outcomes for Black LGBTQ residents, and a festival featuring only female directors calls North Kansas City home.

BlaqOut KC, founded with the mission of eradicating HIV/AIDS from the local Black community, will open a physical safe space for Black LGBTQ residents.

For gay men in Kansas City who lived through the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, the threat of COVID-19 is eerily familiar. That comes with anxiety and grief,…

In 1991, when Reverend Eric Williams was new to his ministry, he was asked to perform a funeral for a young man who'd died of AIDS. The parents wanted to…

What motivates a Baptist pastor to provide AIDS education, a fitness center and other unconventional services.Reverend Eric Williams has been at the…

Segment 1: Snow removal has pushed some cities beyond their budget.A rough winter has put both Leawood, Kansas, and Riverside, Missouri, over budget for…

Segment 1: Education and the Holocaust.What's the best way to preserve the memories and lessons of a really painful past? We'll hear from two people…

Segment 1: As rates increase among children in Kansas City, lead poisoning remains a persistent concern.It's been decades since companies stopped adding…

An interview with KC CARE Clinic's Sally Neville, who spent more than 20 years caring for HIV/AIDS patients; when she retired this month, the program she…

It's been three weeks since the election, and public reactions are still hot. Today, Kansas City's own David Von Drehle, editor-at-large for Time…

When activists worldwide marked three decades since the emergence of a mysterious immune disease, Kansas City, Kan., participants posted a timeline of key…