Court ruling could hike health care costs
Thu, 04/06/2023 - 12:00am
Judge: providers don’t have to cover preventive care screenings
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Proposed legislation would make it easier to get vaccine exemptions
Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:00am
A bill that would broaden vaccine exemptions in day care, schools and workplaces in Kansas has cleared a legislative committee and been sent to the full Senate.
Autism diagnoses is trending upward
Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:00am
The upward trend of autism diagnoses in children continues, with 1-in-36 eight-year-olds in the U.S. identified as having the disorder in 2020, according to newly released CDC data.
DCF: more community support can keep kids out of foster care
Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:00am
TOPEKA - Almost half of the youths placed in foster care in 2022 were there because they needed better resources, not because of abuse or neglect, said Laura Howard, secretary of the Kansas Department for Children and Families.
Kansas considers giving foster families more sway in adoptions
Thu, 03/23/2023 - 12:00am
TOPEKA - Some Kansas lawmakers want to give foster parents more sway in adoption cases.