public health

Consumers are now navigating the consequences of this expiration with limited choices.

The influx of people could mean a greater chance of disease spreading. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will have training, reporting and testing information for diseases and travel health notices.

Enhanced credits for health insurance purchased from the Affordable Care Act marketplace expire at the end of this year. If they aren’t renewed, premiums will skyrocket for many people in Kansas and nationwide.

About 1 million Texans with ACA health plans are over the age of 45, and many of them will pay monthly premiums that are more than $1,000.

Bullard previously served on the Oklahoma Medical Board and was a consulting advisor to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority's director and executive team.

Stitt and other Republican governors argue that drug discounts can be used to support abortion services indirectly.

Federal Medicare and Medicaid regulations mandate staff vaccinations for employers that receive funding. But the high court ruled that Katlin Keeran was protected by a 2021 Kansas law making it illegal for employers to question the sincerity of religious beliefs for opting out of vaccines.

Researchers hope data out of Texas will raise awareness about a type of infection commonly spread through kissing bugs. It's part of an effort to recognize Chagas Disease as endemic in the U.S.

Dr. Peter J. Hotez, a Texas-based vaccine researcher, is a professor of pediatrics and molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine and played a key role in developing the covid-19 vaccine. He talked with Think host Krys Boyd about how anti-science factions have hijacked the conversations about health and his many failed attempts to change Kennedy's mind about vaccines.

Mental health providers across Oklahoma are assessing the impacts of $40 million in contract line item cuts from the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services made public last week.