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Itās been about a year since the hospital in Fort Scott, Kan., closed. The lessons for this community about meeting its residentsā health needs could provide insights for the rest of the country.
A Navy veteran from Cleveland tried vaping marijuana to deal with his chronic pain. He landed in the hospital, becoming one of over 2,400 Americans who have suffered serious lung injury from vaping.
St. Louis trauma surgeon Dr. Laurie Punch is on a mission to stop the bleeding of her patients and the violence-plagued communities around her. But the single mom worries she and her 7-year-old will have to move from their home, where bullets buzz in her backyard.
Most domestic assault offenders are adults, but about 1 in 12 who come to the attention of law enforcement are minors, according to a 2008 study by the U.S. Justice Department. In half of those cases, the victim was a parent, most often the mother.
After surviving two double lung transplants, Dylan Mortimer, a Kansas City artist, turns his battle with cystic fibrosis into joyous, whimsical art. Now Mortimer buys glitter by the pound and uses it to create mixed-media collages and sculptures for hospitals, private collectors and public spaces.
While the U.S. continues to focus mainly on the opioid crisis, cocaine is quietly making a comeback and has become one of the biggest overdose killers of African Americans when tainted with fentanyl.
Corner stores that provide groceries for those using the federal food stamp program have become magnets for violence just outside St. Louis. Gunshots ring out under the cover of darkness, windows are postered over, and the quality of food doesnāt make a trip to the corner store worth the risk. Now local residents are putting their feet down.
KHN Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony appeared on Americaās Heroes Group radio show, Illinois Public Mediaās āThe 21stā and St. Louis Public Radioās news magazine āSt. Louis on the Airā to discuss how people in low-income neighborhoods are fighting back against crime and spoiled food at their local corner stores.
KHN Correspondent Lauren Weber joined Wisconsin Public Radioās news magazine āCentral Timeā to discuss Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnsonās role in the politics of vaping.
KHN editor and correspondent Laura Ungar appeared on Illinois Public Mediaās āThe 21stā to discuss her reporting for the latest KHN-NPR Bill of the Month installment.
Legionnairesā disease cases hit an all-time high in 2018, with eight times more cases than 20 years ago. Even though many facilities in Missouri and elsewhere have water management plans in place to deal with the potentially deadly disease, they are still finding the underlying bacteria that causes it in their water.
Newsletter editor Brianna Labuskes wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you donāt have to.
Federal officials unveil new ratings for the Affordable Care Actās marketplace plans. Missouri is one of eight states that has no plans earning at least three stars on a five-star scale.
She spent five days in the hospital undergoing psychiatric care. The bill she got is about the same price as a new Honda Civic.
Eight years ago, a new medical program opened in Salina, Kan., as an experimental way to promote rural medicine. Hailed as a solution to the rural doctor shortage, only three of its eight newly minted doctors are now working in the most rural communities.
State borders can highlight Medicaidās arbitrary coverage. On the Missouri side of the Mississippi River, low-income people struggle with untreated health issues. But on the Illinois side, people in similar straits can get health care because their state expanded its Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act.
Without the teamwork, communication and quick action of several veteran health officials in Wisconsin, the world might not know about the vaping illness the U.S. is battling today. This is their story.
The reasons behind one particular shortage of a therapy known as IVIG are complicated, stemming from increased demand and the medicationās long production window.
State regulators and even one medevac company have raised doubts about prepaid subscriptions and promised benefits offered by air ambulance companies.
Groupon and other deal sites are the latest marketing tactic in medicine, offering bargain prices but potentially unnecessary, duplicative services.
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