1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (290+ words) U.S. News and World Report has again released its annual Best Hospitals list, “helping patients find, in consultation with their doctors, the best hospital for their health needs.” The “best of the best” hospitals make Honor Roll — a list of hospitals…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (432+ words) A healthy start to life — for both mom and baby — provides a foundation for lifelong health, and access to quality, culturally competent maternity care is critical to ensuring a healthy start to life. In Kansas, access to maternity care services…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (452+ words) TOPEKA — The Kansas House budget committee continued adjusting a bare-bones state government appropriations bill that deleted more than $540 million from agency requests for program enhancements, salary adjustments and hiring new employees. An array of House subcommittees have started sharing with…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (502+ words) Kansas families expect timely, safe medical care — whether it’s a cesarean section in the middle of the night, surgery after a farm accident or a routine procedure that shouldn’t require driving hours to a major city. Yet across our state,…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1357+ words) By SUZANNE KINGThe Beacon Kansas has more hospitals in immediate danger of closing than any other state, according to a recent analysis of the financial health of the country’s most remote hospitals. The Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, a…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1029+ words) Kansas is spending tens of millions of dollars a year on traveling nurses because it can’t find full-time staff to fill positions at two state psychiatric hospitals. But paying for temporary help is more expensive than hiring full-time employees. In…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (362+ words) Dec 30, 2025 - 4:13pm Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday that Kansas received a $221 million federal grant as part of the Rural Health Transformation Program. TOPEKA — Kansas received $221 million from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen health systems and expand access to…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago   (330+ words) TOPEKA — The Kansas attorney general is dropping his federal lawsuit that targeted health care for immigrants across the U.S. Kris Kobach announced Wednesday he voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit, but health care for certain immigrants was stripped away more than three…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago   (944+ words) Across Missouri and Kansas, nearly 1 million people have been left without food assistance in November, as the government shutdown drags on and benefits were held in limbo. After weeks of uncertainty, Kansas released full SNAP benefits to residents on Friday,…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (754+ words) Dustin Hare, the Economic Security Policy Advisor of Kansas Action for Children, told the Kansas News Service it's still unclear when funds will arrive, and when they do, how far they will go. “If families receive half their food budget…...