Nationally, vaping among high school seniors nearly doubled between 2017 and 2018, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Now, educators and public health officials are hoping to replicate the success of anti-smoking campaigns with a new effort to curb e-cigarette use. 

For the 7,800 people of Fort Scott, in southeast Kansas, the closure of Mercy Hospital was a loss they never imagined possible, sparking anger and fear.

The state of Kansas requires nurse practitioners to sign contracts with doctors. Physicians say that rule protects patients and forces beneficial collaboration, but nurses say the contracts just limit patient options and restrict competition.   

The rule was supposed to go into effect next week, but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to hold off while a lawsuit over the new policy is being decided.