Heartland Health Monitor

The Sisters of Charity says the new logo of insurance giant Blue Cross and Blue Shield looks too much like the the cross symbol that the faith-based health system has used for nearly 40 years.

Diabetes has been a long-term problem on Native American reservations. Now, health officials are looking into links between diabetes and depression.

Construction of the new facility is expected to be completed in the summer of 2017.

The number of residents in Kansas and Missouri without health insurance has decreased.

The contract to upgrade electronic health records at U.S. military hospitals and clinics is worth more than $4 billion.

The Kansas secretary of state has written members of Congress urging them to affirm a health care compact he says would give states a way to exempt themselves from the federal Affordable Care Act.

The United States Supreme Court has uphelp provisions in the federal health law that provided subsidies for low-income people to buy health insurance. Essentially, the nation's highest court upheld the Affordable Care Act, which is popularly known as Obamacare.

Doctors say the form of meningitis the KU freshman caught wasn't contagious.

In a battle over shelf space at grocery and convenience stores, a healthy eating program in Kansas City, Kansas offers fruits and vegetables as an alternative to junk food.

If you take expensive, prescription medications, you may already know about step therapy. Rather than pay for costly new medicines, many insurance companies are requiring patients to try cheaper alternatives first. And while step therapy saves money for the patient and the insurance company, it can also affect the health of the patient.