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Author Archives: Brittany Callan

Brittany Callan covered health and environment at The Beacon, and was a Report for America corps member for 2020-2021. Funding for this reporting was provided in part by the Health Forward Foundation.

brittany@thebeacon.media
Posted inHealth Care

We’re learning more about COVID’s long-term effects on our brains

by Brittany Callan April 26, 2021May 4, 2021
Male and female lone star ticks
Posted inHealth Care

Tick season is here. Here’s why you should save all of the critters you find

by Brittany Callan April 19, 2021May 4, 2021
Johnson and Johnson vaccine syringes
Posted inHealth Care

For older Kansas Citians who can’t leave home, the J&J vaccine was their only option

by Brittany Callan April 14, 2021April 15, 2021
Boxes containing doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
Posted inHealth Care

What does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause mean for me?

by Brittany Callan April 14, 2021April 15, 2021
A Google Maps visualization displays the 109 mile, 1 hour and 47 minute drive taken by one Kansas City resident to get the COVID vaccine.
Posted inHealth Care

Why some Kansas City area residents are traveling to rural southeast Kansas for their vaccine

by Brittany Callan April 12, 2021May 4, 2021
Portraits of Kansas City area chaplains Andrea Murdock, Rabbi Jonathan Rudnick, and Sergio Moreno-Denton.
Posted inHealth Care

Chaplains find new ways to connect during the pandemic

by Brittany Callan April 7, 2021April 8, 2021
Posted inHealth Care

COVID-19 vaccine distribution for Kansas City’s Black population ‘an afterthought’

by Brittany Callan April 5, 2021April 20, 2021
A Spanish-speaking nurse provides a COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at vaccine clinic held by Samuel U. Rodgers.
Posted inHealth Care

How Kansas City organizations are encouraging immigrant communities to get the COVID-19 vaccine

by Brittany Callan March 29, 2021April 6, 2021
Posted inHealth Care

How COVID-19 has affected pets in Kansas

by Brittany Callan March 8, 2021March 8, 2021
Posted inHealth Care

How Missouri and Kansas expanded rural access to health care in the pandemic

by Brittany Callan February 22, 2021March 10, 2021

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