Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences

As much as 80% of Missouri and about 50% of Kansas lacks a primary care doctor, according the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, leading to hours-long drives for patients. Medical school students just starting their careers may hold the key to serving those communities.

For the first time since the pandemic began, Kansas City University medical students returned to a Kenyan clinic to help diagnose and treat patients as part of the school's global health outreach program. Two students share what the experience taught them and how it influenced their medical careers.

Care from a clinic or hospital accounts for about 20% of a person's health, while the other 80% is affected by the community that surrounds them. That's why one medical school professor is teaching medical students about social determinants.

Smaller schools think they could be an attractive option this fall for students wanting to save money and avoid overcrowded classrooms.

Updates on COVID-19 testing in Kansas City, Missouri, weekend observations after Kansas City's soft reopening, how the pandemic has hit small colleges, and a commencement speech from a valedictorian of Shawnee Mission East High School.

UMKC joined several other of the Kansas City's region's universities Thursday in announcing students would move to online-only coursework in order to…

Seg. 1: To continue improving Kansas City, Councilman Scott Taylor wants to build on the momentum from the last eight years.Providing a safe city is key…

Segment 1: Does Kansas City have a bad reputation within the Indian community? Indian nationals coming to America often have to worry about immigration…

Twenty-four-year-old Kalee Woody says that when she was growing up in Bronaugh, Missouri, she saw the small town slowly fading, as businesses closed,…

Joplin city leaders and school officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience campus on…

It’s mid-Friday afternoon at Wendell Phillips at Attucks Elementary School and the gym is buzzing. It’s Score 1 for Health day at the school at 24th and…

With the United States facing a shortage of physicians over the next decade, health care groups and lawmakers are scrambling to increase the number of…