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Missouri Sen. Blunt talks handling of Ebola, halting travel (VIDE0)
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Missouri health lab can now do preliminary Ebola tests (VIDEO)
Missouri now has a lab to conduct preliminary tests for the Ebola virus. The State Public Health...
Missouri hospitals say they’re ready for emergency (AUDIO)
Missouri hospital leaders have been holding their annual emergency preparedness confercnce this...
False Ebola claim in Cole County helped officials prepare (AUDIO)
Jefferson City police are investigating a false claim made by an individual who said that an ill...
Same sex couples to get state benefits in Missouri (AUDIO)
Spouses of some same-sex Missouri couples will be able to get state health insurance and get...
Plan to replace Missouri’s maximum security mental hospital updated (VIDEO)
A new maximum security mental hospital at Fulton could be ready to receive patients in 2018, the...
Washington U professor says Missourians largely safe from Ebola
An outbreak of Ebola virus has received international attention, and rightly so says a Washington...
University of Missouri team finds way to fight cancer with communication
Researchers at the University of Missouri might have found a way to fight cancer by interrupting...
MU Professor calls findings of UC-Davis autism study exciting
A University of Missouri professor says he's excited by the findings of a University of...
Washington University finds multiple disorders make up schizophrenia (AUDIO)
Ground-breaking research at Washington University points to a major change in understanding and...
Senate overrides veto of abortion waiting period bill (AUDIO)
The legislature has overturned Governor Nixon's veto of a new anti-abortion bill. But the action...
Missouri lawmaker’s challenge of contraceptive mandate continues
A case filed by a Missouri lawmaker challenging the requirement that his state-sponsored insurance...
Gov. Nixon, sponsor make arguments for, against e-cigarette bill veto
Governor Jay Nixon has called together health professionals to speak in support of his veto of...
Home health care workers want more (AUDIO)
Missouri's home healthcare workers want Governor Jay Nixon (D) to get involved in their...
Most Missouri children have their school shots (AUDIO)
Most of the school children starting classes in Missouri have gotten their required immunizations....
Historic Mount Vernon rehab center closing (Audio)
Time has run out for a state hospital that has served Missourians in several ways for more than a...
Senators support veterans bill (AUDIO)
Missouri's Senators agree the Veterans Affairs funding bill approved by Congress can solve a lot...
It’s a nice summer for ticks (AUDIO)
The mild summer has made the woods a little more dangerous in Missouri. The Conservation...
Not all agree that Missouri should monitor prescription drugs
As a New York Times article highlighted this week, Missouri is the only state without a...
Missouri Senators discuss rulings on federal health care subsidies
It is likely the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether subsidies for insurance coverage under the...
Backers, critics argue significance of Missouri’s new ‘right to try’ law
Next month, Missouri will have a "right to try" law in place that aims to allow terminally ill...
St. Louis VA whistleblower tells congressional committee about retaliation (AUDIO)
A St. Louis psychiatrist has told a Congressional committee how the Veterans Administration...
Law Professor: Hobby Lobby ruling favors ‘religious liberty,’ ‘personal freedom’
The chief counsel representing the family that owns the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores is an...
McCaskill committee goes to Oz to talk fat (AUDIO)
A Senate committee headed by Senator McCaskill has gone after deceptive weight loss products. One...
Blunt: veterans care bill will improve service (AUDIO)
The United States Senate has passed a bill that gives veterans some alternatives if they've been...
Audit: Wait for an appointment at St. Louis VA hospital among longest in the nation
New patients seeking care at the Veterans Administration hospital in St. Louis had some of the...
Infected Springfield restaurant worker could have exposed 5,000 to Hepatitis A
The Springfield-Green County Health Department says as many as 5,000 customers at a Springfield...
Legislature proposes measures to make mental health workers safer (VIDEO)
The state legislature has approved bills meant to protect staff at the state's maximum security...
Medicaid expansion dies its final death (AUDIO)
One last shot at getting Medicaid expansion in this year's legislative session has ended the way...
Lawmakers consider non-certified drugs for terminally ill (AUDIO)
State lawmakers are trying to put the finishing touches on a new law that could restore a flicker...