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Eight months after the Feb. 14 shooting, people wounded at the Kansas City Chiefs parade are wary of more gun violence. In this installment of āThe Injured,ā survivors of the shooting say they feel gun violence is inescapable and are desperately seeking a sense of safety.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony discusses her reporting for the āSilence in Sikestonā multimedia project, which explores the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing on a rural Missouri community ā and what it led her to learn about her own familyās past.
Former President Donald Trump has presided over a landslide shift in Republican views on vaccines, reflected in false claims by candidates in election primaries, puzzling conspiracies from prominent conservatives, and a surge in anti-vaccine policies in statehouses.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and California Healthline staffers made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
A remote Wyoming community hoped for years to have more access to health care. Now, after receiving federal funding, it is bucking dismal closure trends throughout the rural U.S. and building its own hospital. And itās not the only one.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony sat down with WORLD executive producer Chris Hastings to discuss the origins of the āSilence in Sikestonā project, which explores the impact of a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing in the same rural Missouri community.
The state has among the highest levels of medical debt in the country, data shows.
Clinics in states where most abortions are legal, such as Kansas and Illinois, are reporting an influx of inquiries from patients hundreds of miles away ā and are expanding in response. Despite the Supreme Courtās overturning of federal protections in 2022, abortions are now at their highest numbers in a decade.
The āSilence in Sikestonā documentary film explores how the nationās first federally investigated lynching and a police killing 78 years apart haunt the same rural Missouri community. The film from Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News and Retro Report explores the lasting impact of such trauma ā and what it means to speak out about it.
Every family has secrets. I spent the past few years reporting about racial violence in Sikeston, Missouri. Interviewing Black families there helped me uncover my family's traumatic past, too.
Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, was established to exclusively admit Black patients during a time when Jim Crow laws barred them from accessing the same health care facilities as white patients. Its closure underscores how hundreds of Black hospitals in the U.S. fell casualty to social progress.
Six months after the Feb. 14 parade, parents of survivors under 18 years old say their children are deeply changed. In this installment of āThe Injured,ā we meet kids who survived the mass shooting only to live with long-term emotional scars.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is estimated to affect around 5% of people who menstruate, but a lack of research and limited awareness of menstrual disorders ā even among health care providers ā can make getting care difficult.
The United Way of Greater Kansas City gave $1.2 million to victims and $832,000 to 14 community groups Thursday, hoping to reach other victims from the violence at the Kansas City Chiefsā Super Bowl parade, as well as those working to prevent gun violence.
Cicadas are the song of the summer, but this yearās large broods may be especially irritating for people on the autism spectrum who have hearing sensitivity.
Families of the people hurt during the Feb. 14 mass shooting are carrying what one expert calls āvictimization debt.ā In the third story of our series āThe Injured,ā we learn about the strain of paying small and large medical bills and other out-of-pocket costs.
Michigan and Ohio serve as cautionary tales for states whose voters will decide abortion ballot initiatives this year: Even if the measures pass, it would take time to unwind conflicting laws.
The leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States ā including suicides and fatalities linked to substance use disorders ā stem from mental health conditions. Now a federal task force has recommended strategies to help women who are at risk during or after pregnancy.
Democrats running for office are using abortion rollbacks to galvanize voters, with abortion rights ballot initiatives amplifying their lines of attack. In Missouri, the leading Democratic candidate for the Senate also blames Republican Sen. Josh Hawley for threatening access to IVF.
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