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Kelly’s call for Medicaid expansion emphasizes mental health benefit

Thu, 07/06/2023 - 12:00am

OLATHE - Standing at the site of a future mental health hospital, Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday emphasized the benefits Medicaid expansion would have for lowincome families struggling with mental health challenges.

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Loss of 500 homes threatens foster care

Thu, 07/06/2023 - 12:00am

A survey tells why parents are dropping out of program

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FDA to fast track gonorrhea vaccine

Thu, 06/29/2023 - 12:00am

The FDA announced on Tuesday that it will “fast track” review of a vaccine in development to prevent gonorrhea infections.

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Federal law an obstacle in bringing foreign nurses to Kansas hospitals

Thu, 06/29/2023 - 12:00am

Hospitals in Kansas and elsewhere have been turning to overseas workers as a way to combat the everworsening shortage of nurses, but decades-old federal immigration rules are now getting in the way.