Whooping Cough Outbreak in Johnson County

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JOHNSON COUNTY, Kan. — Johnson County has an outbreak of whooping cough.  On Friday, the health department said there have been 83 suspect, confirmed and probable cases so far this year, and…

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    Time Magazine Stirs Up Controversy with Breast Feeding Cover

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Time Magazine is making jaws drop with its May 2012 cover photo. The image shows a…

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    New Mothers Encouraged to Seek Help for Depression

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As we approach Mother’s Day, a reminder that many women struggle emotionally during pregnancy and after….

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    Woman Raises Awareness of Dangerous Pregnancy Condition

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Most women go into pregnancy thinking that they and their babies will be just fine, but…

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    Woman Shares Fight Against Melanoma

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s Melanoma Monday, a reminder that cases of this most dangerous form of skin cancer are…

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    Gift to Enable Research of Lung Scarring

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some people struggle to breathe because their lungs are scarred.  Often the cause is unclear, and…

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    Gilda’s Club Welcomes Those Affected by Cancer

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gilda’s Club is named for comedienne Gilda Radner who died of cancer.  It’s a club for…

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    Study: Eye Drugs Equally Effective, Cost is Main Difference

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One drug costs $50 a dose while another costs $2,000  You might think the expensive one…

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    FOX 4 Health: Kansas City Opens a Donor Milk Bank

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Mother’s milk is best for baby, but not all babies can receive it from their own…

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    Facebook Adds Organ Donor Status Feature

    Are you an organ donor? You can now announce yourself on Facebook — or not. But if you want to,…

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    Laser Aimed at Fighting Toenail Fungus

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There is fungus among us.  It gets into a lot of people’s toenails, making them unsuitable…

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    Brain Death Defined for Organ Donors

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — April is “Donate Life Month”, and the Midwest Transplant Network hopes to clear up a misconception. …

  • Health / News Prescription medicine

    Unwanted Prescription Dropoff Locations

    Kansas City residents will be able to drop off their unwanted prescription and over-the-counter drugs throughout Kansas City on Saturday….

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