By Celia Llopis-Jepsen Dozens of primarily elderly or disabled Kansans lost their Medicaid coverage because of errors made by Aetna. Staff at the state health department discovered the problem, restored
Rick Worrel, an Overland Park businessman and advocate for heart health in Overland Park, had helped train thousands of people to learn how to do hands-only CPR. Worrel died at
The Johnson County Mental Health Center’s annual Youth Leadership Summit this year will focus on a topic that’s been getting increasing attention from area health officials: teen vaping. The event,
Teachers and administrators have seen a sharp increase in the number of students using e-cigarettes and vaping devices in recent years. And on Monday the Shawnee Mission Board of Education
Expanding Medicaid in the state would provide around 135,000 Kansans with access to coverage and help ease the burden on expensive emergency care services, participants in a panel discussion on
Community Blood Center has issued an urgent need for donations because of a nationwide blood shortage. In response, AdventHealth is hosting several blood drives across the Kansas City metro area
In the name of preventative care and holistic health and wellness, the Shawnee Mission School District is hosting its first Staff 5K Walk/Run & Wellbeing Expo. Tammie McCoy, a CBIZ
Merriam Park Elementary and Health Partnership Clinic this week marked the one-year anniversary of the school-based health clinic. (The clinic opened in late January 2018, but a previously scheduled event
Mission councilmembers remained split once again on the creation of a Tobacco 21 ordinance. Councilmembers on Wednesday argued between the health effects of tobacco use versus the civil liberties of
The 2019 installation of the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps report finds that Johnson County remains the “healthiest in Kansas.” The 10th annual report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
As America faces an opioid addiction and overdose crisis, regional experts on substance use disorders gave tips for Johnson Countians on how to find resources for opioid users in need
When the Slyker family of Overland Park took a genetic test, it gave them extensive information on their heritage and geographic roots. But it also showed that all four members
Mary Beth Karlin was 11 years old on Nov. 5, 2011 when her grandmother told her they had to leave the Saturday morning kickball tournament. “She said we needed to
Each time Marie Jewett completed a round of chemotherapy, she rang the bell hung up on the wall outside of the treatment room. And each ring of that bell at
Mercy & Truth Medical Missions has relocated offices in Shawnee, combining the medical practice of nurse practitioner Suzanne Robinson with Dr. Nicholas Michalski’s private practice. Medical staff moved the clinic
