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Why Kansas City just extended its stay-at-home order, how the especially vulnerable are dealing with COVID-19, advice for using face masks, how to assist less tech-savvy seniors and a new music video gives people at home something fun to do.
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During the past eight years, the philanthropic community has spent about $8 million on a wide-ranging program aimed at improving health services for…
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One of Kansas City’s main community health centers got a major funding boost today. Swope Health Services has received $2,515,313 in federal grants for…
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Shortly after hundreds of Kansans converged on the Statehouse to oppose one aspect of Gov. Sam Brownback’s Medicaid reform plan, the governor has acceded…
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Hundreds of developmentally disabled Kansas residents and advocates for them have rallied at the Statehouse against part of Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to…
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Construction is now underway at Cerner’s new campus near the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. Once completed, the $190 million development will…
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Residents of Kansas City have long financed public health, ambulance and indigent health services through a property tax which last year, brought in…
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback says his plan to overhaul Medicaid is underway, since a deadline for lawmakers to reject the order has passed.The order will…
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Hospitals trying to eliminate unhealthy food from their cafeterias are finding that uprooting fast food chains isn't easy.
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Analysts have known for years that Kansas has a severe shortage of dentists -- and that shortage is getting worse. The problem is greatest in rural…
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In response to leaders of Miami County voting against drawing down federal funds for a program that has long provided birth control to low income…
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Back in 2004, the health and economic status of Missouri women was rated a C- by Women's Policy Research. Have we made progress since then?A recently…