Healthcare
Our Pandemic Year: Kansas City Reflects on COVID-19
As we reach the one-year milestone of living in the pandemic, Kansas Citians reflect on how their lives have changed.
High Aspirations Wants Pavilion to Help More Black Youths During Covid
By Kevin Collison High Aspirations, a mentoring program for Black youths, wants to build a $1.5 million open pavilion by its existing facility at 803 E. 27th St. to better serve its participants during the pandemic. “We’re building the pavilion to help our young men to be able to meet and be served at full…
Unhoused and Unheard: Temporary Fixes Fall Short of Demands for Unhoused Community
The pandemic has exacerbated the homeless crisis in Kansas City, and advocates for the unhoused are pushing for more permanent solutions.
Telehealth is Here to Stay, Patients Say
Now that the COVID-19 pandemic forced telehealth to become broadly available, patients and health care providers think it is here to stay.
After Outrage Over Unused Vaccines at Rural Clinics, Parson Vows More KC, St. Louis Events
Experts and lawmakers are questioning Missouri’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution model and renewing calls for change to ensure equitable distribution around the state.
Struggling Kansas Hospitals Ponder Potential Solution: Fewer Beds
Pending legislation in Kansas could provide relief for struggling rural hospitals by providing them more flexibility in the services they provide.
Children’s Opens Research Tower, Continuing Hospital Hill Economic Boom
By Kevin Collison Today’s opening of the nine-story building housing the Children’s Mercy Research Institute is the latest in a series of recent major investments galvanizing both the Hospital Hill district and nearby environs, particularly Troost Avenue. The tower will provide space for cutting edge research in diagnosing and treating complex childhood diseases, and joins…
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.
A Place to Sleep: Tenants Seek Homes After Being Displaced
After being evicted, here’s what it’s like to find a new place.
Grappling With Ethical Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
The Center for Practical Bioethics (CPB) in Kansas City is working to create ethical standards for how A.I. is used in health care.