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A judge who has previously ruled against the Affordable Care Act struck down a portion of the law that requires insurers to cover some health screenings, pregnancy-related care and HIV-preventive medication. It's not clear yet how it will affect people in Kansas City, but advocates say it could deepen health disparities.

A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a key part of the law that requires most insurers cover some preventive care such as cancer screenings and HIV prevention drugs. Opponents say the ruling jeopardizes preventive care for millions of Americans.

Engineers and psychologists at Missouri University of Science and Technology are using computer modeling and real-world interviews to see if a mobile cancer radiation truck could bring care to far-flung patients in rural parts of the state.

Psilocybin, the psychedelic drug commonly referred to as "magic mushrooms," is outlawed in most states, including Missouri, but a Republican legislator is trying to change that. He shares how the drug could be used to treat some ailments.

Using CRISPR to modify certain immune cells could make cancer-fighting immunotherapy more potent for a broader set of patients. After undergoing a new form of experimental therapy, Parkville resident Katie Pope Kopp is now in remission.

Google's artificial intelligence is showing promising results in breast cancer detection. In testing, the software logged fewer false positives and false negatives than radiologists.

The University of Kansas Cancer Center has been deemed a comprehensive place for research by the National Cancer Institute.

Missouri is among the Midwestern states with some of the country's highest rates of cancer mortality for Black residents. Public health advocates have worked for years to close the racial gap, but some worry the pandemic will delay progress.

Racial disparities in healthcare include the fact that Black women are one and a half times more likely to die of cervical cancer than white women and it doesn't stop there.

Hospitals in the Kansas City region are shuttling blood supplies among them daily, trying to make sure blood gets to where its needed amid a national shortage.

Dr. Miranda Lam of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute was the lead author on a study showing that patients with breast cancer, lung cancer or colorectal cancer had better chances of survival if they lived in a state with Medicaid expansion.

We run down the Kansas City restaurants that have closed since the pandemic started, the Missouri Nurses Association is still asking for a statewide mask mandate, and the painstaking investigation of a Kansas City pharmacist who diluted cancer treatment drugs.