By Theo Hayes on February 22, 2012
There's something strange going on down at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. An unusual amount of babies are being born, and now the hospital is working overtime to handle the baby boom.
By The Associated Press on February 22, 2012
Kansas has received bids from five companies for three contracts for managing the state's $2.9 billion Medicaid program.
By The Associated Press on February 17, 2012
A Johnson & Johnson consumer health unit plagued by product recalls says it is pulling some versions of infant Tylenol off store shelves due to problems with a device that helps measure doses.
By The Associated Press on February 17, 2012
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is scheduled to be in Kansas City to announce that the government has spent about $3.1 billion in economic stimulus funds since 2009 to streamline hospital patient record-keeping.
By The Associated Press on February 17, 2012
A lawsuit challenging a Kansas law restricting insurance coverage of abortion has been reassigned to still another federal judge.
By The Associated Press on February 16, 2012
A Kansas City brewer is offering refunds on a limited number of batches of its popular chocolate beer because it didn't taste right.
By The Associated Press on February 15, 2012
Sprouts from the sandwich chain Jimmy John's have been linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness — again.
By The Associated Press on February 15, 2012
A state agency has been asked to study ways to save money at the Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka.
By Theresa Freed on February 14, 2012
The Obama administration has reached a compromise with some of the country's faithful. This comes after church leaders encouraged their congregations to protest a recent rule.
By Theo Hayes on February 10, 2012
The nutritional benefits of DHA on brain and eye development are widely known in the health community, but now researchers on the KU campus have been awarded $2.5 million from the National Institute of Health to take their study of 350 pregnant women to the next level.