WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide Most Favored Nation pricing to some drugs within the Medicaid program, bringing the net price of selected drugs down to prices paid in certain other countries. The Trump ...
Working in home healthcare, Marci Bacon often helps people with little to no insurance. When they’re looking for medical supplies within their budget, she sends them to the Wichita Medical Loan Closet. But a few years ago, Bacon lost her health insurance for a short period of time. She has ...
For the average woman, life after menopause spans decades – and what she needs to stay healthy may change considerably along the way. That long view is one reason this year’s Menopause Unmasked event will bring several areas of expertise into the conversation. The community panel, ...
TOPEKA — State health authorities warned Kansans to be aware of an increase in encounters with animals that carry rabies, primarily bats. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued an advisory Tuesday urging health care providers to be aware of the importance of administering a ...
Would you like a lawn that grows well in full sun or part shade, requires little or no watering, chokes out weeds, never needs fertilizer and stays green all summer, even when exposed to dog urine? Have I got a lawn for you! Simply mixing clover seeds with your chosen grass seeds will do all ...
September marks the beginning of the great summer-to-fall garden transition and, although most summer plants still have life left in them, many gardeners are turning their attention to the iconic chrysanthemum. The majority of mums sold in pre-planted containers at the garden center are ...
The hanging planter on my porch has seen better days. And by better days, I mean the summer annuals have dried to a brown crisp that likely has the neighbors wondering if the Addams Family has moved in. I like to believe the extreme heat did them in, but I know neglect has also played a ...
When Marisa Mender-Franklin walks through any of the nine flower farms she runs in Memphis, Tennessee, her first thoughts are of gratitude. Partly for the flowers and the bees, but mostly for the support of her neighbors. That's because members of her local Facebook Buy Nothing group shared ...
Deep-fry (zhà), a well-known technique where the food is fried in a pool of hot oil, which both cooks it and creates a crispy exterior, is used throughout the "Frying" chapter in my cookbook "The Chinese Way." When deep-frying, I use a thermometer, aiming for 350°F to 375°F. Another way to ...
The chapter on main dishes in my cookbook, "Greek Out," starts with an explanation of what "main dish" means to me. Most people, understandably, immediately think of dinner. Because in many places that's the biggest meal of the day, and it's usually meat plus starch plus vegetable. But the ...
What will take home the Lawrence Cocktail Trail’s trophy this year? A corn and tomato margarita, an “entry-level” bitter drink with a fruity twist, a pistachio and pisco concoction, or something even wilder? It might be up to you. These three and about a dozen others will be facing off ...
Fresh ceviche is a staple of Mexican cuisine, but my husband and I were introduced to the concept of roasted ceviche at our wedding. The side dish, adapted here from my cookbook "Plantas," is made of a combination of cooked and fresh ingredients contributing to a sweet, spicy and tangy side ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Duncan Sheik, the Tony- and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who crafted the music for “Spring Awakening,” has died. He was 56. Sheik died Thursday night, according to a post on his Instagram page. “The world has a lost a singular talent, and deeply influential voice in ...
In 12 years of showing her pottery at Art in the Park, Melanie Harvey has some ideas of what the people want to see. They want the chicken band. They want the T. rex on the drums, or the cat on the bicycle – the “classic characters” she came up with, inspired by people she knows and ...
Friday, September 18 Lawrence Beer Co. Ninth Anniversary Street Party, 5 p.m., 800 block Pennsylvania St. Vendors, street games, food trucks and more. A Conversation with Nathalie Miebach, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Kansas Union Woodruff Auditorium, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. Open to the public. Book ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Sheeran's tour of North and South America was plunged into chaos Tuesday when four of his supporting acts abruptly quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage. Hours after Sheeran posted on social media about ...
Whether you know it for its train or its swimming pool or its basketball court and playground equipment, the park running for two blocks between Kentucky and Tennessee streets has been through a lot. Often referred to as “Train Park” in reference to the No. 1073 locomotive on its grounds, ...
Most of the rural schools in Douglas County are identified by a name as well as a number. An exception to this norm is “No. 6.” Goldie Piper Daniels, in her 1974 history of the educational buildings in our county, notes that the name “Crutchfield” was found attached to No. 6 on an ...
On the east side of Iowa Street, between 19th and 23rd streets, stands the United States Army Reserve Training Center, which bears the name of Samuel J. Churchill. Churchill is one of two Medal of Honor recipients to have been Lawrence residents and to be buried here. Churchill was ...
On the east side of the 700 block of Vermont Street, you can see a small bronze plaque on a brick building at about eye level. It tells of a First Methodist Church that once stood there, which was built in 1857 and was used as morgue following Quantrill’s Raid on Aug. 21, 1863. More than ...
