Health Disparity
In Their Own Words: How HIV and AIDS Changed the Lives of 3 Kansas Citians
Three people living with HIV in Kansas City share what life is like and what they’ve experienced.
curiousKC | What Questions Do You Have Since HIV/AIDS First Emerged 40 Years Ago?
This month, Flatland reporters focus on the implications the HIV epidemic has had on health equity. What questions should we cover?
An Epidemic of Sleep Disorders: Here’s What KC Experts Suggest
Sleep disorders are rising, more now than ever before. Learn why experts say it’s important to connect the dots between sleep, health and mental wellness.
The Tainted History of Infant Care, Parent Empowerment and Education
Before the ongoing formula shortage, feeding one’s baby was rife with confusing advice. Here’s what history shows.
curiousKC | What Stories Do You Want to See About Health Care?
Next up, Flatland’s team focuses on the questions you want to know about health care. See our previous coverage and write to us here.
curiousKC | How Did the Pandemic Affect the Mental Health of Seniors?
What do we know about our senior citizens’ mental health one year since the pandemic first hit?
Combating Vaccine Wariness With Education
COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and skepticism is pervasive in communities of colors. Health professionals are working to address those concerns.
Birthing Battle | Helping Hands
Research continues to corroborate claims that integrating birth experts such as midwives and doulas helps curb rising maternal and infant mortality rates.
Birthing Battle | Labor Pains
Infant and maternity mortality rates in the Kansas City area keep climbing. This hit close to home for Izula Jade
Covenant Presbyterian Church Steps It Up In Kansas City’s Urban Core
One day last year Berta Washington wasn’t feeling well. So she went for a blood pressure check at Covenant Health and Wellness Center near 60th Street and Swope Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri. It was 86-over-69. “Me being a black female,” she told me, “that was heart attack time.” She quickly went to her doctor…