Health

Proposed Senior Center Drawing

Senior Center Development Plans Rankle Some Neighbors

Mike Sherry – The Hale Center for Journalism David and Beverly Lewis used to trek occasionally to the neighboring Nazarene church with a collection of balls that had flown into their backyard from the playing field just beyond their privacy fence. It was no big deal, and anyway, Beverly liked watching the younger kids play…

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Enrollment Down in Federal Nutrition Program

Mike Sherry – The Hale Center for Journalism For officials in Johnson County, and across the country, it’s plain to see that enrollment is down in a federal nutrition program for low-income pregnant women and their children. Less clear, however, is why. “That seems to be the question that no one has the answer for,”…

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Woman holding a small dog

Big 5 Report: KC Biotech Start-up Working on Diabetes Cure for Pets

KCPT reporters Todd Feeback and Lindsey Foat visited Kansas City’s Likarda, a 2012 biotech startup hoping to help companion animals suffering from diabetes–using a treatment that started with dogs, then moved to humans, and now, back to dogs. Every day at 6am and 6pm Stephanie Kallas gives her mini-dachshund Daisy a shot of insulin to help…

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Kathryn Bowers stands at a podium in front of presentation projected on a screen.

Future of Human Health May Rest in the Paws of our Animal Brethren

The 2013 Animal Health Research Symposium on August 26, 2013 explored how veterinary and human health researchers may find new cures and treatments through collaboration.

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