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A $3.7 million grant from the EPA, one of the largest awarded nationwide this year, will be used to remediate 54 vacant lots in the Douglass-Sumner neighborhood in northeast Wyandotte County. Work could begin as early as September.

Public health officials said some parents are confused about what vaccines are required to attend Texas schools amid efforts to change recommendations.

Every carrier selling health insurance in the two states through the Affordable Care Act marketplace hopes to raise premiums in 2027, according to preliminary rate filings with state insurance regulators. They blame rising healthcare costs.

Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.

When Congress allowed Affordable Care Act tax credits to lapse, healthcare premiums spiked for millions of Americans — especially self-employed farmers and ranchers. That added cost is multiplying the stress on their already stretched balance sheets.

The dashboard shows the percentage of people in a county, state Senate or House legislative district or federal congressional district enrolled in the ACA.

There have been dozens of cases of cyclosporiasis reported in Colorado this year, but they are not linked to big outbreaks happening elsewhere in the United States

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.