Holiday travelers deal with slick roads, airport delays; worst of storm still to hit Midwest
Winter storm starts to spread across Midwest Kansas commission recommends closing state hospital for mentally disabled in Topeka
Kan. panel backs closing state hospital in Topeka After more than 120 years, girls’ reformatory closing prompts reflectionHorror or haven? As reformatory for ‘incorrigible’ girls shuts, they reflect on contradictionsKansas, Oklahoma conduct first 2-state drill testing response to foot-and-mouth diseaseKan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill TOPEKA, Kan. — Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation’s food supply from foot-and-mouth disease. Ambulance companies start charging extra fees to transport extremely overweight patientsAmbulances start charging extra for obese patients TOPEKA, Kan. — As America battles the obesity crisis, ambulance companies increasingly are charging extra to transport patients who weigh several hundred pounds. French supplier of seasonal flu vaccines acknowledges delay in producing doses for USSeasonal flu vaccine delayed for some US providers The biggest manufacturers of seasonal flu vaccines for the U.S. said they are delaying or reducing the number of doses shipped to health care providers — partly because of the crunch to produce millions of doses of the swine flu vaccine. |