We are in the midst of flu season in Kansas City and the nation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there have been 24 million illnesses nationwide, with 260,000 hospitalizations and 16,000 deaths from the flu. The best way to fight the spread of the flu is by taking the influenza vaccination, …
Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, featuring Ardie Bland, Veterans Law and Municipal Court Judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri – Kansas City Municipal Division. Judge Bland presided over Missouri’s first Veterans Treatment Court. Eric Wesson, managing editor and publisher of The Call, …
Swope Health’s campaign, This is What Healthy Feels Like, was honored with a Silver Telly Award for creative excellence in local/regional advertising. The campaign was produced with Dobies Health Marketing, a Kansas City-based marketing and branding firm focused on healthcare. The television spot and integrated campaign were designed to communicate the Swope Health promise and …
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Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, with host Eric Wesson interviewing Gwendolyn Grant, the president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City. Grant is a native of Kansas City who has long been recognized as a passionate and strong voice advocating for social …
Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, with host Eric Wesson interviewing Ruth Ramsey, publisher of Our Health Matters™, a monthly health publication focused on Kansas City. Ruth is an entrepreneur, founding her business Ramsey & Associates Design in 1989. She launched the print and digital magazine …
Swope Health will host a free giveaway of family essential items and foods, including Thanksgiving turkeys while supplies last, from 9 am to noon on Saturday at Swope Health Central. The event will provide household cleaning supplies, toiletries, blankets and socks, and food boxes. The event is a drive-through giveaway, providing for up to two …
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In the latest edition of the Swope Health podcast, One on One with Swope Health, host Eric Wesson interviews Dr. Jennifer Collier, the interim superintendent of the Kansas City Public School District. Dr. Collier has served as an educator in the KC Public Schools for more than 23 years, as a teacher, assistant principal, and …
Swope Health announces a new edition of its podcast, One on One with Swope Health, featuring Qiana Thomason, President and CEO of Health Forward Foundation. Eric Wesson, managing editor and publisher of The Call, hosts the show’s conversations with Kansas Citians about issues of importance to the community’s health and wellbeing. Health Forward Foundation is …
Swope Health is proud to announce the first in its series of 2024 Town Halls on the social drivers of healthcare: An evening in conversation with Ebony Reed, journalist and author of Fifteen Cents on the Dollar, How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap, a new book on the history of economic inequity. Jeron Ravin, …
National Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 2022. The designation is a tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have enriched and influenced society. In recognition of the contributions of Hispanic Americans in the Kansas City-area, Swope Health sponsors three free, online lunchtime events: Noon, Thursday, Oct. 6 with John …
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