Concerned about high blood pressure? Diabetes? Get a free kidney test kit

Have you been told that you have high blood pressure or diabetes? The National Kidney Foundation is offering free kidney tests for people who are at-risk. See how to get your test

Important information for families that are using, or may qualify for Medicaid

LINC is collaborating with several partners in the Kansas City area to help spread important information for families that are using Medicaid, and families that would qualify for Medicaid but have not applied. Here’s what you need to know.

Warning for teachers, parents: Tobacco is changing and teens are the targets

Beware: Electronic cigarettes, little cigars, smokeless products, sweet candy flavors, and new products designed to hide addiction in plain sight — the next generation of dangerous and deceptive tobacco products is here and doesn’t look anything like a pack of cigarettes.

To save lives: New suicide prevention guide aimed for schools, youth

A new resource guide is available to help the adults and youth in schools save lives — by talking about suicide, knowing the warnings of suicide, knowing where and how to seek comfort and hope. And knowing that help is always a three-digit phone call away — by simply dialing 9-8-8.

Medicaid eligibility checks coming; make sure your contact info is up to date

This spring, Missouri will resume verifying the eligibility of people who are receiving Medicaid, and the state wants to make sure everyone who is eligible gets renewed. Here’s what you need to do.

Need health insurance? Enrollment open now for Marketplace health plans. Here's how to sign up.

The Marketplace health plans — commonly known as Obamacare — are now open for enrollment for 2023. Open enrollment runs from Nov. 1 to Jan. 15, but you need to enroll by Dec. 15 to have coverage starting Jan. 1. Here’s how to get help signing up.

Do you qualify for expanded Medicaid health coverage? Here's how to find out

Expanded Medicaid in Missouri has opened the door for some 275,000 uninsured residents to get health coverage. Enrollments are under way and if you are wondering if you and your family can get Medicaid to help with healthcare costs, here’s how to find out.

Some LINC neighborhoods targeted for 3,500 Covid vaccines: Here's how to sign up

A joint campaign to take Covid-19 vaccines to underserved and vulnerable populations is targeting several LINC neighborhoods. Step one: sign up online with the Kansas City Health Department or call 3-1-1.

Morning Star Baptist, LINC take Covid-19 vaccines to the people

Because “Covid-19 is so serious in our community,” Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church and LINC work with the state and the National Guard to bring vaccinations to one of Kansas City’s most vulnerable neighborhoods.

Vaccines and how to beat Covid: 'The answer is in us'

In the campaign for Covid vaccinations, “The answer is in us,” Jim Nunnelly says. “We have assumed Black people don’t know anything — don’t want to do anything . . . and that is so untrue. There is great capacity in our community. Great capacity.”

Covid-19 vaccination enters Phase 1B: for emergency workers, seniors, at-risk populations

Those who work to keep our communities safe are next up for Covid-19 vaccinations in Missouri. And anyone over 65 or who is at risk because of other illnesses or conditions will be able to seek their first shots next week.

Covid-19 vaccinations are coming; Here's how to get in line

The coronavirus cruelly spread heavier doses of pain over under-served communities already suffering from inequities in health care and social opportunity. The vaccines and their promise of recovery can’t leave these same communities behind.

Health Forward's 15th anniversary: 'What is it we will do while the hungry child awaits?'

Accompanied by area artists and poets, Health Forward Foundation commemorated its 15th anniversary colored in beauty and pain while committing to fight against the racial inequities that shadow the health and prosperity of many Kansas Citians.

'Pain unlike any we've ever seen': Doctors issue dire Covid warnings for KC

Those weren’t their faces in the line of picture portraits. Nor were those their names. But the University of Kansas Health System professor telling their stories in an alarming public forum Wednesday assured that they and the devastation of Covid on their lives were real.

Medicaid expansion campaign in stretch run to Aug. 4 election

Less than two weeks remain to the Aug. 4 Election Day when Missouri voters will be asked if they want to expand Medicaid to provide more health coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income residents. Here is what is on the ballot.

COVID-19 relief: Missouri announces Food Stamps, Medicaid and child care subsidy benefits will continue

Missouri has cleared the way for families and individuals on Medicaid and families receiving child care subsidies to continue receiving that aid as the nation prepares for the COVID-19 pandemic.

KCPT to launch 'war on diabetes' with PBS documentary, public forum

There's a disease going around...and it's killing more people than cancer and HIV combined. Diabetes not only kills at a staggering rate, it’s one of the leading causes of leg and foot amputations, as well as blindness.

LINC In Photos 2019

We are happy to share LINC in Photos 2019 – a visual representation of LINC's impact and presence in the community.

Happening now: KC wants your insight to set health priorities, spending

The Kansas City Health Commission wants to know about your quality of life. The commission is using an online survey to gather citywide opinions on what you need to live a healthy, productive life. The survey will inform the mayor and city council about how well our communities take care of us, and what needs to be improved.

Web source reveals Missouri's health challenges with powerful detail

Now in its second year, the exploreMOhealth website is proving to be a powerful tool in examining Missouri’s strengths and weakness, and the wide disparities in health indicators county-to-county and ZIP code-to-ZIP code.