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They fear that the threat of isolating a returning health worker for 21 days will cause a drop in the number of volunteers at a time when more medical staff is needed to quash the outbreak.

One Australian report estimated the reef had lost more than half its coral since 1985. The government is considering a new 35-year plan to rescue the reef, but some say it falls short.

If you thought September’s Final Friday was busy, this Final Friday is bursting with exhibitions!Here are some events that top my list:In the Douglas…

Home health care aides often toil for low pay and in jobs without benefits, including health insurance. A million more home health care workers will be needed to meet demand over the next decade.

A highly sensitive blood test for Ebola exists, so why isn't it being used to test all returning health workers from West Africa? Because the virus isn't in the blood in the first stages of infection.

Known only by his first name, Honduran singer Aurelio has been making music for a decade. Yet, Aurelio is not only known for his raspy voice and catchy cumbia melodies, but for his tireless work promoting the rights of his own people — the Garifuna. Now, the former parliament member is out with his latest album Landini.

The Wichita comedy scene is an often overlooked and under appreciated part of the city’s performing arts community. One local comedian has established…

The Ebola screening of airline passengers departing from Monrovia was not operating like a well-oiled machine Monday.

Robert Siegel talks with Dr. David Oshinsky about the historic polio vaccination trials. Tuesday is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jonas Salk, who invented the vaccine.

Bill Roorbach's new novel is shortlisted for the inaugural Kirkus award for fiction. KMUW book reviewer Sarah Bagby tells us why she thinks this book is…