For the second time ever, a pig heart has been transplanted into a living human recipient, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced on Friday.

Jamie Stevens went back home to Garnett, Kansas, for her grandmother's funeral and to spend time with her family. After watching her niece's soccer game, Stevens felt a stronger headache than usual.

The fight over who should get Kansas Medicaid benefits is back on. Governor Laura Kelly kicked off a statewide lobbying tour with the announcement that Medicaid expansion is her number one priority this year.

The US government will relaunch a program to provide free Covid-19 home tests to Americans, US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday.

With COVID cases rising, Sedgwick County Health officials say it's important to get the new vaccine, and they're hoping it arrives here this week.

Flu season is beginning in Sedgwick County, and it's earlier than many previous years. Normally, people don't think about the flu until fall, but summer has brought it in early.

The air quality for Wichita on Monday is considered unsafe for sensitive groups, the City of Wichita said.

The Red Cross has declared a national blood shortage, saying donations are down 25% from normal supplies. Local Red Cross Centers are begging for donors and help.

Kansas has fallen behind national health insurance trends for the second year in a row, with thousands of state residents falling into a health care coverage gap. 

West Nile virus is carried and transmitted by mosquitoes and can infect humans, horses, birds and other species. Most infections occur in the late summer and early fall.

Everyone ages 6 months and older should get an updated Covid-19 vaccine, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday, to help lower the risk of severe illness, hospitalization or death from the coronavirus.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized and approved updated COVID boosters on Monday amid rising cases and hospitalizations across the country.

Kansas reports the the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state rose by 199 since Monday to 8,539.

What one family thought was the flu, took a near deadly turn for a 2-year-old girl. Now she’s clinging to life at St. Louis Children's Hospital with a 50-50 chance of survival. 

An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep laceration on his forehead while playing on a farm, according to a case study published by the CDC.

Facebook will soon take action against misinformation about vaccines, according to a Facebook representative.

Herbal water for infants that was sold at Dollar General stores across the country has been recalled because of a possible choking hazard. 

Eating processed meats like bacon, sausages and ham could increase the risk of breast cancer, a study has said.

In a jaw-dropping moment caught on video, an 18-year-old high school senior rushes to escape from the hospital that saved her life and then, she says, held her captive. 

A non-profit group helps families deal with a condition that prevents blood from clotting easily after a cut or injury.

U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk.

The man who nearly died from strep throat that traveled to his stomach underwent his first amputation surgery this week. He will eventually lose all four hands and feet. 

Wisconsin-based Sargento Foods Inc., is expanding a voluntary recall of some cheeses due to a possible bacterial contamination.

President Donald Trump issued a message Tuesday to pharmaceutical company executives akin to one he delivered to auto executives last week: bring your production back to the United States and the Trump administration will lower regulations for you.

Today the Department of Veterans Affairs released its most comprehensive study yet on the subject of veterans suicides.