Health/Lifestyle

another life-altering decision for families

Thu, 12/18/2025 - 6:26am

Gender-affirming ban forcing some Kansans to leave

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Refugees, human trafficking victims in Kansas are losing food support

Wed, 12/10/2025 - 9:25pm

TOPEKA - The Trump administration in January cut off 36 people who were bound for Kansas when it canceled travel plans for refugees who planned to relocate to the United States.

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Most ACA marketplace users can’t afford upcoming increases

Wed, 12/10/2025 - 9:25pm

WASHINGTON - Americans who purchase their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace are bracing for a steep rise in costs next year that many say they will not be able to afford, according to a poll released by the nonpartisan health organization KFF.

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Jason Wesco, president of the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, walks around the center’s clinic in north Pittsburg, where patients can receive care regardless of their ability to pay.

In southeast Kansas, housing is treated as essential to health care

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 10:32pm

PITTSBURG - Stevie and Brandon Perez could not stay awake any longer. They found two chairs in Mercy Hospital’s intensive care unit waiting room, a place they knew would be open, and they drifted off.