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The new year is often a time when people set weight loss goals by trying new diets trends. One Kansas City doctor shares what to expect from fad diets and exercise, and the new medication used to treat chronic obesity.

With Kansas City hospitals caring for a record number of COVID patients, it's hard right now to address everyone's medical needs, let alone spiritual ones. Chaplains navigate health protocols and technological limitations, while still finding holiness "in places and circumstances most folks don't."

Hope for COVID 'long-haulers' comes with new treatments and research

Local health departments, hospitals and pharmacies are gearing up to start offering the vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 years old.

As presiding judge of the Jackson County Court, Harry Truman pushed through a bond issue in 1928 that led to the construction of Rural Jackson County Emergency Hospital on a one-time farm the court purchased in the mid-1800s for $1,000.

The hospital's president and CEO said that while 80% of the hospital’s employees have been vaccinated already, “we believe we can and must do better.”

More than a year and a half into the pandemic, respiratory workers are coping with burnout and increasing workloads as unvaccinated patients fill up local hospitals.

The vaccine requirement applies to all employees, affiliated staff and contractors, students and volunteers.

The vaccine requirement applies to all Saint Luke’s employees, affiliated staff and contractors, students and volunteers.

Tuesday's announcement from Mayor Quinton Lucas follows new CDC guidance urging that vaccinated people wear masks indoors in areas with significant COVID-19 spread.

Local hospitals are turning away transfer patients as they face a dwindling number of beds and staffing shortages.

The project will focus on six east side Kansas City zip codes where vaccination rates remain low, especially among minority populations.