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The coronavirus pandemic has introduced unprecedented challenges for nursing homes and the nursing home industry. Those involved say they are facing some of the same problems as hospitals, and that, until a vaccine is found, the future will mean a different operating model.

How elder care facilities can move forward safely from the pandemic, an update from a Kansas City doctor overseeing trials for two possible COVID-19 vaccines, and suggestions for your weekend streaming watch list.

States have tried for years to tackle the skyrocketing price of air ambulances, but courts have previously ruled that federal law blocks them from doing that.

A major air ambulance company that commonly charges tens of thousands of dollars now says it never intended to make a Pittsburg family pay so much.

The doctor deserves to get paid. Still, experts recommend taking a close look at the charges. Sometimes a bill that looks too high is too high.

COVID-19 has had a disproportionate effect on people who reside or work in long-term care facilities and nursing homes.

About 500-750 people are being tested weekly, but the Unified Government's chief medical officer wants to see that number increased to 1,000-1,200 tests a week.

How to get tested in Wyandotte County, how and why long-term care facilities were troubled long before the pandemic, the possible legal fallout from COVID-19, and selling out of puzzles.

More than 9,000 U.S. health care workers have come down with the coronavirus and at least 27 have died.

Governors of Missouri and Kansas on reopening their states, Kansas City hospital CEO on COVID-19 preparedness, and mime still entertaining during the pandemic.

Missouri's governor said he will look at metrics like testing availability and hospital capacity to decide how to ease restrictions.

A class action suit says Aliera Companies sold “inherently unfair and deceptive health plans" to Missouri residents and failed to provide them with the coverage they thought they would receive.