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Doctors at the University of Kansas Hospital say a change in the distribution of livers across the country could result in Kansans waiting longer for…
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Shivering outside her home on a freezing day in Park Hills, Loretta Boesing explains that weather in eastern Missouri can be all over the map.“It’s…
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Artist and pastor Dylan Mortimer had just moved with his family from Kansas City to Brooklyn, New York, for an adventure the last time he spoke to KCUR.…
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Through late spring and into early summer, Kansas City artist Dylan Mortimer searched the trees in Swope Park for signs of death. He found a 40-footer…
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Medical tourism is a multi-billion dollar industry. It's where countries or cities become known for a certain kind of medical procedure and attract…
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Segment 1: Examination of the secrecy shrouding Kansas government ignites momentum for openness, but it's dwindling. Kansas is considered to be one of the…
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The monarch butterfly migration is one of the most beautiful phenomena in nature. Today, we speak with an Overland Park native who is following the…
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Since he took over as interim secretary of the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, Tim Keck has emphasized improving morale at state…
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A new transplant center at Children’s Mercy will foster collaboration between heart, kidney and liver specialists.Executive Medical Director Charlie…
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Rep. Susie Swanson said the thought of donating a kidney once terrified her.Swanson, a Republican legislator from Clay Center, had never been through…
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A plan to redistribute donor livers from areas where donor numbers are higher, like Kansas City and the South, to organ-needy coastal areas is on hold…
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When Steve Jobs needed a liver transplant in 2009, the Apple CEO left California and went to Memphis, Tenn. While his home state has some of the longest…