Public swimming pools not as clean as you think, study finds

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just in time for pools to open up across the metro, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have come out with a new study about what’s lurking…

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    Wife who lost husband to melanoma: “Don’t wait to get checked’

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. –  This year, 76,000 Americans will find out that have melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin…

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    Mom, son walk across Kan. to benefit stroke survivors

    KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A metro mother and son began quite a trek Thursday.  Their Walk Across Kansas started at…

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    Plastic surgery on the rise as people seek perfect profile pic

    How far would you go to have the perfect profile pic? Would you consider a little nip-tuck? Maybe a little…

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    Tragedy leads to mission to furnish AEDs at athletic complexes

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A year ago Wednesday, a father from Kansas City North collapsed and died while helping his…

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    KC woman considers options after testing positive for genetic mutation

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Angelina Jolie’s typically the picture of glamour, which is why it may have come as a…

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    Metro woman weighs same decision Angelina Jolie made

    KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Michelle Parise’s mom was 37 when she first had breast cancer. “That would be me having…

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    Insurance Marketplace coming, health centers will help people enroll

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The federal government is giving $150 million to community health centers so they can help uninsured…

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    Virtual doctors’ visits becoming more common

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Think you have to be in the same room with a doctor to have an exam?…

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