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Missouri Seeks Stable Funding for 988 Mental Health Helpline

Bills have been introduced to add a 65-cent monthly charge on phone bills to create a permanent source of state funding for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

by Ryleigh Hindle, The Beacon

Food Access

When Going Under the Knife Does Not Mean Surgery

KU Medical Students Slice and Dice in Culinary Medicine Class

by Jill Wendholt Silva

Civic Affairs

Caregiving Squeezes Households Between Young and Old

Aging Parents, Children Present Challenges for ‘Sandwich Generation’

by Debra Skodack

Healthcare

Feeding Tubes and Defibrillators

Flanigan Chairs, past and present, discuss their field and work at Center for Practical Bioethics

by Bill Tammeus

Healthcare

After Tuberculosis Outbreak, Wyandotte County Parts Ways with Health Director

Emails show behind-the-scenes conflict as the Kansas City-area tuberculosis outbreak grew to one of the largest in U.S. history.

by Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga

Healthcare

Why You Might Want to Donate Your Brain to Science

Organ donor programs do not include brains, creating a tissue shortage that impedes research into Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s and concussions

by Ellen Ryan, Next Avenue

Healthcare

Bird Flu has Hit Cows in Kansas and Sparked Precautions in Missouri. Here’s What that means for You

People are at low risk from the strain of avian influenza that has now been detected in dairy cattle in a dozen states. But scientists say the more it spreads, the more chances it has to become a problem for people.

by Suzanne King, The Beacon

News & Issues

Environmental Justice: Wyandotte County Seeks Solutions

People Paying the Price of Pollution

by Multiple Reporters

News & Issues

Kansas City-area Politicians Pick Between War on Drugs or Treatment When Spending Opioid Settlement Cash

Cities and counties in the metro are starting to spend windfalls from legal settlements with companies that made, shipped and sold opioids. While some prioritize law enforcement efforts to reduce drugs on the street, others try to attack demand by getting people into treatment.

by Suzanne King, The Beacon

News & Issues

A Community Struggle to Maintain a Full-Service Grocery

Sun Fresh at Linwood/Prospect Beset With Theft, Nearby Drug Use and Loitering

by Mary Sanchez

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