Health

Farah Ahmed, state epidemiologist with the Kansas Department for Health and Environment

CDC Confirms Kansas Mask Mandates Helped Reduce COVID-19 Infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published new research that reaffirms mask mandates helped slow the spread of COVID-19 in Kansas’ largest counties.

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COVID-19 vaccine in a syringe

‘Just Not Enough People’: Health Care Workers Face Fatigue as COVID-19 Surges

As cases and hospitalizations hit all-time highs, both in Missouri and across the country, hospitals, officials and healthcare workers themselves are warning that staffing is stretched thin.

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President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden

Life and Death Issue: Presidential Candidates on Health Care

Flatland examines the presidential candidates’ positions on health care, which 68% of registered voters say will be a very important issue in deciding how they vote.

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Yoga can be practiced at your desk.

Yoga: More Than Movement

Yoga is surging in popularity during the pandemic. But some traditional eastern practitioners worry that an exercise-focused western approach borders on cultural appropriation.

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Cannabis growing facilities

Two Kansas Lawmakers Pushing to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Two Kansas lawmakers are on a quest to legalize medical marijuana in the state.

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