Kenny Rounkles knows a thing or two about traveling for work. Living in Gardner, Kansas, a small town just southwest of the Kansas City metropolitan area, doesn’t provide many opportunities for an MRI technologist to work close to home. A western Kansas native, Rounkles earned his radiology ...

It’s been over two years since Barry Guyer came down with COVID-19. “(I) was just out in the harvest field. I just got feeling terrible,” said Guyer, who farms near Goodland in northwest Kansas. “I got home that one night (and) I said, ‘I think I’ve got this stuff.’” Guyer ...

In spring of 2022, KC Atchinson got her routine mammogram — and then got some news that no one is ever quite ready to hear. “This is your friendly reminder to get those regular health screenings, my loves,” she posted on Facebook in April 2022. “Found out yesterday I have breast ...

When Mike Stephens holds up his gait belt, you can see that he’s been through a lot. He can look at the dates written on the belt with Sharpie and walk you through every milestone in his battle with COVID-19. It all began one September morning when he wasn’t feeling well and knew ...

Last month on Saturday Night Live, when actress Keke Palmer announced that she was pregnant, it might not have seemed like a big deal to many people — but for women who have polycystic ovarian syndrome like Palmer does, it felt like a victory. “Congrats, Keke,” wrote one Instagram ...

Topeka — Two University of Kansas Health System physicians praised Anthony Fauci’s public service at the National Institutes of Health during a half century of work marked by challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the HIV-AIDS epidemic. Fauci served 38 years as director of the NIH’s ...