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The research center is part of the University of Kansas’ School of Social Welfare, where scholars will study health equity and access issues from a social worker's perspective.
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As the Kansas City Council considers an ordinance to ban all flavored tobacco products from store shelves, health experts say it could save lives. Business owners worry about what it would mean to their sales.
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Kansas City, Kansas, finished the first 4-mile leg of the bike trail on the Armourdale levee in 2016. Now, it’s extending the trail. The levee trail is part of the county's effort to get more people outside and exercising, but some residents say lack of access has made trailheads difficult to find.
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In a series of features from KCUR and KFF titled “The Injured,” reporters Peggy Lowe and Bram Sable-Smith are telling the stories of survivors of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs championship parade. In the most recent installment, they spoke with three survivors who still have bullets inside of them.
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After the federal Emergency Paid Sick Leave and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Acts expired, many states passed their own laws to require employers to provide paid sick leave. Missouri does not have a paid sick leave policy in place.
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A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture found working-age rural residents die from natural causes at a higher rate than their urban counterparts. And that gap has widened over the years.
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Recent data from the Commonwealth Fund illustrates stark differences in the health care system in Kansas for white people and people of color.
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The Kansas City nonprofit Fathers Assisting Mothers is working to address the maternal mortality crisis that hits hardest among Black women by enlisting expectant fathers to advocate for partners of color throughout pregnancy.
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This farmer's livelihood was ruined by PFAS-contaminated fertilizer that few Midwest states test forBiosolids — a type of treated sewage byproduct from wastewater treatment plants — are used as a nutrient-rich fertilizer on farms across the Midwest. But a group of toxic “forever chemicals” are slipping through the cracks and could be inadvertently contaminating millions of acres of farmland.
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Black women have some of the highest new HIV infection rates in Kansas City and nationally. Many of them face discrimination, stigmas and systemic barriers in receiving the health care they need to live healthy lives.
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Más de 130,000 inmigrantes viven en el área metropolitana de Kansas City, y alrededor de la mitad de ellos son latinos. Esta población crece cada año, aumentando la mano de obra y la base impositiva de la zona, pero un alto porcentaje de residentes inmigrantes tiene dificultades para acceder a la atención médica que necesitan.
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More than 130,000 immigrants live in the Kansas City metro, about half of them Latino. This population is growing every year, adding to the area's labor force and tax base, but a high percentage of immigrant residents struggle to access medical care they need.