Researchers in Missouri have secured a federal grant to study a potential tool to fight the most...
Missouri Researchers Use “Nano-Particles” To Target Aggressive Breast Cancer (LISTEN)
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From being rescued to working side-by-side with first responders, a recovering addict helps saves lives (LISTEN)
Who better to train first responders about treating drug addiction than someone they have actually...
Missouri Salmonella Outbreak What You Need to Know About Cases, Symptoms and Prevention (LISTEN)
A Salmonella outbreak has health officials in Missouri keeping a close watch. For most people,...
Poplar Bluff couple help create new law, new state role for helping dementia patients (LISTEN)
Bobby Marshall’s goal is to be the first survivor of Early Onset Alzheimer's. He was diagnosed 11...
Cyclospora Cases Rise in Missouri. What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself (LISTEN)
We've all seen the headlines about Cyclospora, the parasite behind what's being called "explosive...
New drug in town: cychlorphine more dangerous than fentanyl (LISTEN)
New synthetic opioids are popping up faster than they can be regulated. For parents and partiers:...
State Epidemiologist explains cause of cyclosporiasis, though investigators have no “smoking gun”
Cyclosporiasis cases in Missouri reached 216 this week, with ongoing investigations into the...
Missouri Healthcare Law Expands Doula Services, Tracks Tick-Borne Illness
Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed a wide-ranging healthcare bill that expands access to doula services...
Missouri health officials unpack “explosive diarrhea” parasite outbreak (LISTEN)
Nearly 20 states have reported cases of cyclosporiasis, which causes upset stomach and severe...
What Are the Odds? Four People in One Missouri Delivery Room Shared the Same Birthday (LISTEN)
Most parents remember every detail of the day their child is born. For one Missouri mom, the day...
MU Health cuts jobs and Quick Care sites, proposes employee benefit changes
MU Health Care has reduced its staff by 74 people. The positions impacted are mostly non-clinical...
Kansas City Effort Blending Prenatal Care & Addiction Help Exceeding Expectations (LISTEN)
Organizers of a program in Kansas City combining prenatal care with addiction treatment...
University Health opens hotline to field Alpha Gal tick allergy questions
It's tick season in Missouri, and health care providers are once again reminding people to be...
Missouri Experts Warn Cannabis Use During Adolescence May Increase Mental Health And Psychosis Risks (LISTEN)
As cannabis becomes more accepted and more widely used, especially among young people, new...
How to avoid the Missouri summer travel tax on your body with simple spine-saving tips from Dr. Sherry McAllister (LISTEN)
If summer travel leaves you stiff, sore, and exhausted, there may be a better way to handle it....
Heart Care Continues In Missouri As Boone Health Opens New Clinic And Lawsuit Advances (LISTEN)
Boone Health has opened a new cardiology clinic in Columbia, but the legal battle with the...
Missouri Healthcare Explained: Cost, Distance And The Struggle To Get Care (LISTEN)
When people talk about health care access in Missouri, the challenges go far beyond just having...
Missouri Gov. Kehoe signs 4 bills into law, including ban on intoxicating hemp products
Hemp products that create a similar “high” as marijuana will soon disappear from most Missouri...
Missouri Higher Education Spotlight: Former Lawmaker Warns Student Voices Could Be Silenced (LISTEN)
A long‑standing student organization at the University of Missouri is facing an uncertain future,...
Missouri Doctors Track Cicada COVID Variant as Cases Remain Limited
Health experts in Missouri are keeping a close watch on a newly identified COVID‑19 variant known...
Proposed rule would allow for creation of marijuana research facilities in Missouri
Missouri currently does not conduct research on marijuana plants, but that will likely change in...
Why Missouri Health Leaders Are Concerned About Nitazenes Turning Up Statewide (LISTEN)
If you think fentanyl is the most dangerous drug Missouri is dealing with right now, health...
Missouri Naloxone Program Facing Steep Budget Cut
Operators of a program that distributes opioid overdose-reversing drugs statewide, say a proposed...
Proposed fix for Missouri’s childcare access problems reaches halfway point in legislature
By a vote of 97-44, the Missouri House of Representatives has passed a childcare tax credit...
Missouri AG Hanaway takes on American Shaman for selling and marketing ‘gas station drugs’
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway is targeting a Kansas City-based chain of stores that...
What you need to know about Missouri’s first known cases of clade 1 mpox (LISTEN)
Two Missouri residents have come down with clade One mpox – making them the first known cases in...
Lawsuit Filed as Missouri Heart Center and Boone Health Prepare to Split
About 20,000 heart patients in central Missouri could be affected after Boone Health and the...
From Nurse to Senator: Patty Lewis on Changing Missouri Health Care (LISTEN)
Missouri’s health care laws are being challenged by someone who’s worked on the front lines. Matt...
Missouri records nation’s 13th and 14th known cases of clade I mpox
Two Missouri residents have come down with clade I mpox – making them the first known cases in...
Why supporting the mental health workforce in Missouri is critical to early psychosis care and recovery (LISTEN)
Treating early psychosis requires more than just medical care. It takes a dedicated team of...