Kansas's child uninsured rate rose about 32% from 2023 to 2024, with advocates pointing to paperwork barriers and fear in Hispanic households.

Thousands joined the Kansas City Heart Walk at the National WWI Museum, as Executives with Heart members committed to raising at least $5,000 each for heart and brain health.

Premature babies at Saint Luke's of Kansas City got dressed as superheroes and mermaids for their first Halloween in intensive care.

Dr. Rochel Daniels kept running North Kansas City Schools through chemo, a mastectomy and radiation. She's now in remission.

Bridgid Schwilling says she lost strength lying in bed for weeks while NuMotion delayed a tilt-function repair.

Nonprofits erased millions in Kansas medical debt with no application needed, but legal advocates say hospital billing practices remain unchanged.

Jackson County has logged 42 flu cases already, and a Friday clinic vaccinated 135 people as officials warn the season is arriving unusually early.

Altruism Inc. has already served more than 200 families as Missouri hospitals keep closing labor and delivery units.

State Rep. Linda Featherston says 2,600 Kansans will face breast cancer this year — and many can't afford the scans that catch it early.

Avery Harris, 16, once begged doctors for a Pepsi post-surgery. Sunday she finished the Kansas City Kidney Walk alongside hundreds.

Warren Whitty's liver test score kept him off the top of the deceased-donor list, so his family turned to pickleball in Overland Park to find a living match.

180 golfers teed off at Oakwood Country Club for Fore the Kids, an annual fundraiser supporting pediatric mental health care in Kansas City.

A Kansas City doctor says impulsivity can heighten suicide risk in preteens, while parents may mistake warning signs for attention-seeking.