Access to healthcare in rural Missouri continues to be a challenge, especially as smaller clinics...
Missouri’s Boone Health Announces New Clinic to Serve Northwest Mid-Missouri (LISTEN)
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Missouri to issue partial November SNAP benefits
The Missouri Department of Social Services says it has received official guidance from the federal...
Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance: Options Still Available Despite Rate Hikes
Although insurance rates on Missouri’s open market are expected to rise next year, state...
Are We Eating Too Much Protein? A SEMO Dietician Weighs In (LISTEN)
It seems like everywhere you look these days, food labels are shouting about protein, high-protein...
Missouri Residents Trust Their Doctors, But Doubt the Health System
A national survey led by Washington University in St. Louis shows most Missourians are happy with...
Missouri warns public about 7-OH products
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has issued an advisory regarding...
Missouri Department of Conservation reports 11 birds test positive for bird flu
The Missouri Department of Conservation is investigating a bird flu outbreak. The department’s Deb...
Health Insurance Rates Rising in Missouri: What You Need to Know for 2026
Missourians can expect higher health insurance premiums in 2026, according to final rate filings...
Mizzou Extension Program Cuts Food Waste, Saving Consumer’ Cash
(Undated) -- Organizers of a University of Missouri Extension program, designed to cut food waste...
COVID ‘Razor Blade Throat’ Variant Circulates in Missouri
A new COVID variant nicknamed “razor blade throat” or “Nimbus” is making its way through Missouri,...
Missouri Transfers Millions to Support Seniors and Food Banks Amid Federal Shutdown
Missouri is stepping in to help feed vulnerable residents as federal aid stalls. Gov. Mike Kehoe...
Missouri WIC aid to continue in November – while funding is available
(Jefferson City, MO) -- A supplemental nutrition program for Missouri women, infants, and...
Missouri Grocery Stores Brace for SNAP Gap During Federal Shutdown
Grocery stores across Missouri are bracing for financial fallout if SNAP—the Supplemental...
St. Louis health care system among first in the nation to offer new cancer risk screening tool (LISTEN)
Mercy-St. Louis is one of the first health care systems in the nation to offer a new cancer risk...
Fake Costume Sites Haunt Missouri Shoppers, BBB Warns
The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about a rise in fake websites. Khesha Duncan with...
Missouri Congressman Alford: ‘Misery’ Is All Shutdown Has Left to Offer
As the federal government shutdown enters its third week, U.S. Rep. Mark Alford, R-Mo. 4th...
What’s in the Rural Health Transformation Program? Details are still slim, confusion lingers
U.S. Congress passed President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" this year with the creation of a $50...
No Vaccine, No Cure: Missouri Officials Stress West Nile Virus Prevention (LISTEN)
Missouri has seen its highest West Nile Virus activity in years, and health officials say it's not...
Gov. Mike Kehoe Warns of Federal Shutdown’s Impact on Missouri Families and Services
Missouri families could soon feel the sting of the federal government shutdown in their wallets...
Boone Health Announces New Clinic to Serve Northwest Mid-Missouri
Boone Health announced Thursday that a new clinic will be built in Glasgow, located in the...
Missouri Doctor Shares Steps to Save Your Life from a Blood Clot (LISTEN)
Blood clots often strike without warning, and when they do, the results can be deadly. They’re...
Medicare-eligible Missourians can enroll now through December 7th (LISTEN)
Missouri has over 1.3 million residents who are eligible for Medicare. The State Health Insurance...
Survey: Strong demand for afterschool programs, but most Missouri families cannot access them
A new national survey says 4 in 5 Missouri parents who want afterschool programs for their...
Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner, Gov. Mike Kehoe respond to H-1B worker visa fee increase
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has sued the Trump Administration over an increase in the fee charged...
Government aid for soda could lose fizz in Missouri (LISTEN)
The federal government has approved a ban on soda for food stamp recipients in at least one dozen...
Missouri Sees Steady COVID Cases as Flu Season Looms
While flu cases in Missouri have remained relatively low for now the same cannot be said for...
West Nile Virus Cases Surge in Missouri, Three Deaths Confirmed
Missouri is seeing its highest West Nile Virus activity in years. State Epidemiologist Dr. George...
Medicare study ranks Missouri in bottom half of states
(Undated) -- A study by the non-profit Commonwealth Fund ranks Missouri 34th among states when it...
Missouri Medicare Demand Spikes
(Jefferson City, MO) -- More than 1.3 million Missouri residents are 65 and over, and eligible for...
Medicaid, Construction Costs Slow Hospital Reopening in Mexico, Missouri
One year after Boone Health and Audrain County leaders signed a Letter of Intent to bring a...