Staff and former patients at an alcohol and drug treatment center in Lawrence celebrated the one-year anniversary of its opening, and its leaders say the center is close to being able to accept Medicaid for treatment. The Avalon Wellness and Recovery Center, 801 Iowa St., which provides ...
Gov. Laura Kelly celebrated the signing of Senate Bill 271 last week, which was a bipartisan measure that revised outdated income eligibility requirements for Kansas’ Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP. The goal was to make health care for children more affordable by adjusting the ...
NEW YORK — Journalist Kara Swisher begins her new, six-part CNN series about longevity and health in an interesting location — a cemetery. It’s the final resting place of her father, who died in 1968 at just 34. Swisher was only 5, and his sudden death had a deep effect on her career ...
Families in Douglas County have an opportunity to connect with trusted resources during the earliest stages of childhood when LMH Health and LiveWell Douglas County host Growing Together, a free community event designed to support families from pregnancy through age 5. The event will take ...
This April, Lawrence’s Sexual Trauma and Abuse Care Center is planning a trivia night, an art auction and more to help fund its education and support programs – and it’s bringing back a downtown vigil and march where survivors can speak out. STACC’s slate of programming for Sexual ...
Four organizations will be co-hosting a free community event centered on birth outcomes in Douglas County. The "Public Health After Dark" event will be hosted by Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health, LMH Health, LiveWell Douglas County and the Early Childhood Collective. It will take place ...