School has been tough for students for the last couple of years during the pandemic. How will it be this fall? We will focus on the mental health of students and how teacher staffing shortages affect this.

Nature is filled with beauty...and snakes too! Five million people are bitten each year worldwide. We’ll talk about how you can protect yourself.

According to The American Cancer Society, 45,000 new cases of rectal cancer will be diagnosed this year. Dr. Steves Stites shows us the science behind a new treatment that made rectal cancer disappear in acute patients.

High school students are getting a wonderful opportunity to try out different medical careers in the hospital. We’ll hear what they’re learning, including the one time they all got to hold a real human brain!

Ethiopia is the second most populated country in Africa with 87 hospitals and 11,296 beds to serve 45 million people. We’ll talk with a new generation of orthopedic surgeons training here in Kansas City at  KU Medical Center. The goal of this international program is to help improve healthcare in Ethiopia.

Our experts look at the science of summertime sunburns. You'll learn the kinds of burns that worry specialists most and give an update on fireworks injuries from the Fourth of July holiday.

Emergency responders discuss their role in rescuing and treating the survivors of the recent Amtrak train derailment that occurred on June 27, 2022. The accident, which happened when the train collided with a dump truck, left 4 dead and more than 150 injured.

With more than 50 thousand people a year in Kansas and Missouri diagnosed with cancer, Dr. Roy Jensen and some of our colleagues from The University of Cancer Center join us to talk about the role genetic testing can play and news about metastatic breast cancer treatment.

Healthcare is not equal for all. Twice as many Black men die of heart disease. Black women are more prone to late stage, aggressive cancers while Black girls are often assessed differently when it comes to mental health. Dr. Steve Stites looks at these important health disparities.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia among older adults. We’ll show you the impact COVID has had on Alzheimer's patients, plus doctors weigh in on at home tests for memory loss.