In a world often dominated by hustle and stress, a simple act of kindness might be the most powerful tool we have for improving our lives — and the lives of those around us. K-State…

TOPEKA — Kansas Bureau of Investigation director Tony Mattivi and Attorney General Kris Kobach announced a crackdown Wednesday on “brazen” sales of marijuana and THC products as law enforcement raided 10 shops in six cities…

In the months that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been threatening America’s health with his pseudo-science nonsense, the nation could at least hope that he was freelancing. President Donald Trump,…

After the Trump administration slashed billions in state and local public health funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year, the eventual impact on states split sharply along political lines.…

TOPEKA — In a rare moment of reprieve for U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he faced a grueling group of senators Thursday, U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas gave him the opportunity…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California, Oregon and Washington are joining forces to insulate vaccine guidance and other public health recommendations from political interference, a direct response to turmoil at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…

Kansas advocates say recent changes to federal policy that bar many immigrants from accessing certain health services is meant to create worse living conditions for a vulnerable community with limited health care options. They also…

WEIR — Johanna Schmid and her husband, Steve Hench, live in an older home in Weir, Kansas. Their lives are busy — they have five kids. Three of those kids are under the age of…

(AP) — The U.S. Senate’s health committee on Wednesday approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump’s director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, taking her one step closer to confirmation. The…

TOPEKA — Costly and unequal access to health care draw down the overall ranking of Kansas’ health system in nationwide evaluations of successes and failures. Kansas has one of the lowest-performing state health systems in…