At-home COVID-19 tests provided by the government at no charge have been arriving in local mailboxes, leading to some questions about how to use the test kits. Up to four free tests are available through…

A wellness program could potentially help the county save money and improve the health of its employees, a company representative told commissioners on Tuesday. Tria Health, an Overland Park company, offers to be a middleman…

President Joe Biden is committing to reduce the cancer death rate by 50% — a new goal for the “moonshot” initiative against the disease that was announced in 2016 when he was vice president. Biden…

Health care workers in about half the states face a Thursday deadline to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under a Biden administration mandate that will be rolled out across the rest of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research that suggests that these “superbugs” have joined the ranks of the world’s leading infectious disease…

Roger Strukhoff was being treated for intestinal bleeding at a hospital outside Chicago this month when he suffered a mild heart attack.  Normally, the 67-year-old would have been sent to the intensive care unit. But…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Patients are dying in emergency rooms of small Kansas hospitals as larger hospitals that are struggling with soaring staff absences and COVID-19 cases turn down transfers. Hospitals across the state painted…

Alcoholism, and addiction overall, isn’t a character flaw, or a weakness of self-control. It’s a disease. And, if you are like most of us, you’ve probably been affected by it. Maybe you struggle with alcohol…

TOPEKA — Steve Stites, chief medical officer at the University of Kansas Health System, says the low rate of vaccination from COVID-19 and a lack of social distancing or wearing a face covering has allowed…

What went wrong? After nearly a year battling the COVID-19 virus and vaccines approved last winter, life was supposed to have returned to normal by now. And at first, that seemed to be happening. Starting…