New York — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said Wednesday. But even with the large ...
Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and O’Connell Children’s Shelter are partnering to form a new youth crisis continuum of care.
Bert Nash announced the partnership in a news release Tuesday, noting that the collaboration is intended to address the “acute behavioral health needs of ...
Volunteering provides the opportunity to connect with your community and make a difference in the lives of those in need. Volunteers at LMH provide a special touch, one that can ease the stress for patients and families facing difficult and uncertain times.
Lauren Cobb, volunteer services ...
It’s difficult to summarize a career spanning more than four decades in just a few words, but there’s a few that do the trick when it comes to Faith Friesen — 25,000 lives saved.
Friesen, the blood bank supervisor for LMH Health, is preparing to retire after 43 years of working with ...
TOPEKA — Health officials warn travelers to watch out for a highly contagious new COVID-19 variant when making plans this month.
During a Tuesday update on COVID-19 cases, the University of Kansas Health System reported treating 24 COVID-19 patients this week. Dana Hawkinson, director of ...
When Fort Scott’s Mercy Hospital closed in early 2019, the community of 7,550 people in southeast Kansas briefly lost its emergency room. Mayor Matthew Wells remembers the time without an ER clearly.
“I watched several people, two in particular that I’ve known my whole life, die with ...