It’s becoming rare for someone to spend their entire career with the same organization. Lauren Perez is bucking that trend. Before she became a nurse practitioner at the LMH Health Heart Center, her career journey began as a junior volunteer at LMH. Growing up in Lawrence, her initial ...
At 75 years old, the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is past the youthful stage of its existence, but don’t accuse it of failing to be new. The nonprofit organization is working on two of its larger projects in recent memory — one dedicated to providing urgent mental health care ...
Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly says she will sign a bill aimed at improving access to child care and other early childhood services. But some health experts are concerned about a provision codifying religious exemptions for vaccines required at day cares. This comes as the state is dealing ...
Kansas health officials confirmed five new cases of measles Wednesday in an outbreak in the southwest corner of the state that's linked to Texas and New Mexico. Last week, U.S. measles cases topped 700 as Indiana joined five others states with active outbreaks. Even as the virus continued to ...
Atlanta — President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew 11 pieces of guidance last month related to the Americans with Disabilities Act that helped stores, hotels and other businesses understand their obligation under the law. The guidance included tips on how to create accessible ...
With measles cases in Kansas approaching three dozen, the Lawrence-Douglas County health department is urging people to get vaccinated. As of Wednesday, there were 32 known cases of measles in the state, all of them in southwest Kansas. No cases have been reported in Douglas County. ...