Healthcare

Marcie Abramson, left, and her mother, Cynthia.

Small Groups Are Forming ‘Quarantine Bubbles’ To Fight Loneliness During Pandemic

Quarantine bubbles can effectively limit the risk of contracting the coronavirus while allowing people to have much needed social interactions with their friends and family.

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Izula Jade, mother and doula in KC

Birthing Battle | Labor Pains

Infant and maternity mortality rates in the Kansas City area keep climbing. This hit close to home for Izula Jade

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Health care worker with nursing home resident

Tough Choices: Removing Parents From Nursing Homes During Pandemic

As COVID-19 rages in nursing homes across the country, families are making tough decisions about whether to leave loved ones in, take them out, delay the process or avoid them altogether.

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An Olathe Hospital Sued Thousands for Medical Debt, and Dozens Went to Jail

Other hospitals sue patients for medical payments in Johnson County. But until recently none did so as frequently as Olathe Medical Center.

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Patients Describe the Road to Recovery From COVID-19

Coronavirus survivors often have psychological effects ranging from anxiety to depression to PTSD. Many recovering from the disease feel stigma.

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