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Medical loan closets are growing across Kansas, lending out donated equipment including power chairs, crutches, CPAP machines and more for little or no cost.

More than 700 patients were sued by a doctor in western Kansas for medical debt. The doctor is now Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who for decades was a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist.

Wichita nurses are advocating for better security measures and staffing improvements at two of the city’s major hospitals.

Dr. Heather Arens, the Sedgwick County Zoo's director of animal health, made a call to several local surgeons after young chimpanzee Alizeti was injured recently. The surgeons made a house call to help heal the 2-year-old chimpanzee.

One analysis found the number of independent pharmacies in Kansas dropped 12% between 2010 and 2019.

Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach has asked justices to reconsider an earlier ruling that found the state constitution protects the right to an abortion.

Elevated Access recruits hobby pilots to fly abortion patients out of states with bans. They offer a window into the increasingly scrappy tactics of abortion rights groups in a post-Roe America.

Anti-abortion lawmakers in Kansas want to dramatically expand taxpayer funding for crisis pregnancy centers. Critics say they’re dangerous.

The call for an outright ban departs from the agenda of Republican leaders in the Legislature and efforts by Kansans for Life.

A Wichita Planned Parenthood began connecting abortion patients with out-of-state doctors in a bid to increase appointment availability. It comes after a judge struck down a state law banning telemedicine abortions.