health

Increased insurance cost will wipe out 1% raise granted by Legislature, budget director says

In April, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center hosted a tour of a clinic built in a retrofitted shipping container in Burton, Texas. It's the latest collaboration in an ongoing effort to bring community-run clinics to rural areas, where access is harder to achieve.

The annual child wellness report Kids Count found child poverty has improved in Kansas and Missouri compared to the years before the pandemic. But both states still have tens of thousands of children without health insurance.

Cigna announced earlier this year that it is withdrawing from the individual insurance market nationwide

Health care is the largest and fastest growing industry in Texas — but the workforce isn't growing fast enough to meet increasing demand. Workforce shortages are getting worse, according to testimony from state officials during a House Committee on Public Health hearing.

The virus is transmitted to humans via rodents, or it can be passed by very close contact between people.

Some Texans on SNAP say the ban on using food stamps to buy sugary drinks and candy prevents quick fixes to low blood sugar conditions.

This is the first confirmed measles case in Kansas City since 2018. Although measles is one of the most contagious diseases, experts say there's a clear way to avoid it: vaccination.

Bill voids decades of regulatory decisions amid concern about investigatory process

According to recent data from medical records, Nebraska and Kansas have the highest rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnoses. Groups in Kansas are helping people with Parkinson’s slow the progression of the disease through activities including exercise and art classes.