Health

Doctors are pleading with the public to wear masks, as COVID hospitalizations continue to break new records around the Kansas City area.

Even as pharmaceutical companies announce high success rates in their most recent trials, life won't return to normal anytime soon.

District's medical professionals dealing with monitoring for symptoms and contact tracing on top of regular duties.

Advice for preserving physical and mental health as we look for ways to gather with loved ones.

A safety-first approach to a holiday season unlike any other, and a new food trail mapped out courtesy of Kansas City, Kansas.

Fewer than 2% of people in Missouri who have tested positive for the virus died as of October, compared with more than 6% in May, according to data from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Doctors say younger people with healthier immune systems are getting sick.

As hospital beds fill up in rural parts of the state and nearby cities, some doctors say southwestern Kansas is running out of options.

A Kansas City nonprofit is working to amplify the voices and power of Black women, a wellness solutions company in Iowa sets up in Kansas City with rapid COVID-19 screenings, and a history librarian explains current efforts to gather and collect pandemic artifacts.

Hospitals' top doctors warned last week that Kansas City is on the verge of uncontrolled coronavirus spread.

With Election Day eight weeks away attention to political campaigns from Washington to Kansas and Missouri is dialing up, and hospitals' top doctors warn that Kansas City is verging on uncontrolled coronavirus spread.

Even as the number of new known cases shows no decline, some residents are arguing for their children to attend their brick-and-mortar schools.

Why the Johnson County health department has not endorsed in-person learning, the process to review and update Kansas City's master plan for development, and, even after six months of pandemic life, there is still online programming worth streaming.