regional health

Cerner, the city's largest private employer, is closing its world headquarters in North Kansas City and Realization Campus in South Kansas City. The moves come just months after the company was acquired by Oracle in a multi-billion-dollar deal.

The pandemic brought on a multitude of issues, but one that fell by the wayside was the opioid and drug overdose crisis.

Nearly 800 Missourians died of opioid overdoses in the first half of 2021, and there's one major cause: the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Plus, emails show how quickly the state of Kansas bent to a company’s wishes to keep information out of public view, reflecting a disturbing national trend.

COVID cases in the Kansas City area are trending downward but infectious disease doctor warns that focus must remain on mitigation practices.

With a goal of 100,000 breast cancer screenings by 2022, the AKA Sorority's Mammography Mobile Unit stopped in Kansas City on Friday and Saturday.

Prior to the pandemic, many Latinos struggled to access the mental health care they needed. Stay-at-home orders, essential working duties and a dearth of support have only made things worse.

Johnson County, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, health officials explain the supply and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and political satirist Bassem Youssef adds children's author to his list of talents.

Portions of the Kansas City metro have limited-to-no access to COVID-19 vaccines and more young adults are living at home now than ever before.

Health experts say wearing a mask over your mouth and nose is essential to stopping the virus' spread.

Spike Lee and Kevin Wilmott's latest film shows the struggles of Black men who fought in the Vietnam War, a central Kansas town weathers the pandemic while facing challenges to reopening, and the health benefits of spending time in nature is exemplified by forest bathing.

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.

With rules varying from city to city, metro leaders fear the confusion around reopening will result in a lack of compliance.