Healthcare

By the mid-1930s Kansas City area high school football players, like these members of the William Chrisman High School football squad in Independence, competed while wearing helmets and protective padded apparel.

Risks and Rewards of Playing High School Football

By Brian Burnes | September 6, 2023

Kansas City football history is littered with players killed and maimed playing the sport. It was so violent high school football once was banned for 13 years.

Two black cows stick their heads under a fence to eat out of a trough.

Who Regulates the Food We Eat?

By Cami Koons | August 31, 2023

There’s a fight brewing over who will regulate U.S. food — and who picks up the tab. Here’s what Kansas and Missouri producers think about the EATS Act.

Cancer patient Isidro Rodriguez at El Centro's Johnson County office.

Latino Community Lobbies Hospitals for Cancer Care

By Mary Sanchez | August 24, 2023

The Latino community, led by El Centro, has launched a campaign to improve access to cancer treatment at Kansas City area hospitals.

woman with short dark hair holds a blue scoop full of oats up to a white horse, who munches on the oats. The woman has her hand on the horses face.

Heart’s Pursuit Ranch Offers Horse Powered Healing

By Vicky Diaz-Camacho, Cami Koons | August 11, 2023

Sarah Hanson, founded Heart’s Pursuit Ranch, which pairs individuals and horses together to help folks deal with anything from trauma to self-confidence.

Nurses in the emergency department of a hospital.

One-third of Missouri’s Rural Hospitals at Risk of Closure

By Clara Bates, Missouri Independent | August 1, 2023

The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform found that 19 of Missouri’s 57 rural hospitals are at risk of closure due to “serious financial problems.”