/tags/kansas kansas en-US Copyright Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:01:07 GMT /news-partners/2020-11-23/mask-mandates-work-to-slow-spread-of-coronavirus-kansas-study-finds When Kansas issued a mask mandate, 81 counties opted out. Researchers found coronavirus infection rates rose sharply in the opt-out counties, while falling in those that required masks. Mon, 23 Nov 2020 12:01:07 GMT /news-partners/2020-11-23/mask-mandates-work-to-slow-spread-of-coronavirus-kansas-study-finds Jane Greenhalgh /side-effects-public-media/2020-11-19/amid-covid-surge-hospitals-scramble-to-find-beds-for-patients As COVID-19 cases rise dramatically across the Midwest, hospitals in Colorado and Nebraska are calling Kansas in desperate search of beds for new... Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:31:12 GMT /side-effects-public-media/2020-11-19/amid-covid-surge-hospitals-scramble-to-find-beds-for-patients Celia Llopis-Jepsen /npr-news/npr-news/2019-05-14/no-mercy-how-a-kansas-town-is-grappling-with-its-hospitals-closure People in Fort Scott, Kan., depended on their local hospital for more than a century. In December, the hospital closed. Fort Scott residents now are trying to cope with life without it. Tue, 14 May 2019 09:01:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2019-05-14/no-mercy-how-a-kansas-town-is-grappling-with-its-hospitals-closure Sarah Jane Tribble /news-partners/2019-04-26/kansas-supreme-court-rules-state-constitution-protects-right-to-abortion The court said that the state's Bill of Rights "allows a woman to make her own decisions regarding her body ... decisions that can include whether to continue a pregnancy." Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:52:40 GMT /news-partners/2019-04-26/kansas-supreme-court-rules-state-constitution-protects-right-to-abortion Dan Margolies, Dan Margolies, Celia Llopis-Jepsen