Healthcare

A wedding portrait. A young white couple, woman wearing a white gown holding a bouquet, and man in a tuxedo, stand outside of Kansas City's citscape. Joey and Audrey Sughroue got married July 2022. Their hope this year is to find a living donor for Joey, whose kidneys are at 10% function. (Contributed image)

‘So Much Life Ahead of Him’: Kansas City Couple Hopes for Living Kidney Donor 

Audrey and Joey Sughroue wed last July. Now their focus is on a kidney transplant match.

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A woman with papers scattered around her on her desk. Ivonne Montanez is a health navigator at El Centro. Here she prepares one of her clients' Medicaid applications. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland)

Medicaid Maze: Advocates and Recipients Brace for End of Continuous Coverage

For years, folks with Medicaid did not need to renew. But in April, reviews begin again following the end of continuous coverage linked to the pandemic.

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A woman with papers scattered around her on her desk. Ivonne Montanez is a health navigator at El Centro. Here she prepares one of her clients' Medicaid applications. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland)

El Laberinto de Medicaid: Defensores y Beneficiarios se Preparan para el Fin de la Cobertura Continua

For years, folks with Medicaid did not need to renew. But in April, reviews begin again following the end of continuous coverage linked to the pandemic.

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Hall Family Foundation Donates $15M for UMKC Hospital Hill Project

The Hall Family Foundation is donating $15 million toward the construction of the planned medical and dentistry building in the UMKC Health Sciences District on Hospital Hill. “This new building will enable UMKC to expand its important work in equitable and inclusive health care delivery and we are inspired by the collaboration between UMKC, Children’s…

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A young child with a oxygen mask on looks into the camera. Pediatric health is taking a hit, in more ways than one parents and doctors say. (Adobe)

Parents, Kids and Doctors ‘Exhausted’ by Trio of Respiratory Illnesses Hitting KC 

The steep rise in child illnesses is an ‘unimaginable amount of work and stress,’ one Kansas City parent says. Pediatricians feel the same.

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