Missouri has recorded its first death linked to the West Nile Virus in several years and usually...
West Nile Virus numbers small, worrisome (AUDIO)
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Two issues likely in today’s veto session (AUDIO)
Today's legislative session is likely to last only a few hours--and indications are that it will...
Court upholds challenge to ballot language on health care exchanges (VIDEO / AUDIO)
Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green today ruled in favor of Lt. Governor Kinder and...
Efforts to pass measures to decriminalize marijuana continue in Missouri
Show-Me Cannabis Regulation began circulating petitions last November to decriminalize marijuana...
Planned Parenthood kicks off statewide tour to push women’s rights for November
Planned Parenthood is hitting the road for its Women are Watching bus tour, stopping in Columbia...
Missourians organize ‘Step Out and Walk’ events for diabetes (AUDIO / VIDEO)
The American Diabetes Association is urging Missourians to get out and walk... not only for their...
Planned Parenthood speaks out against Akin (AUDIO)
Planned Parenthood is speaking out against what it says is Senate Candidate Todd Akin's medically...
Allergic allergies most likely aggravated by dust mites, cockroaches and pet dander (AUDIO)
Dr. Travis Stork -- host of the television show "The Doctors" -- is heading up a nationwide...
Kinder slams Supreme Court decision on malpractice claim caps
One of the leaders of the effort to pass limitations on malpractice cases in 2005 says the Supreme...
Study: St. Louis experiencing more frequent heat waves
The Union of Concerned Scientists says dangerous heat waves are happening more often in St. Louis,...
New autism guide a wealth of information for clinicians, teachers, parents
A new autism guide developed by the University of Missouri Thompson Center for Autism seeks to...
Whooping Cough cases rising (AUDIO)
The Centers for Disease Control say Missouri is one of eighteen states with whooping cough rates...
Report: former OxyContin abusers switching to heroin (AUDIO)
A researcher says a change in the formula of OxyContin to fight its abuse has had some success,...
‘Feeding our Future’ working to feed food insecure children in Missouri
More than one in five kids in Missouri are food insecure, and many of their families might not...
Nixon vetoes contraception coverage legislation (VIDEO)
Governor Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have blocked mandatory insurance coverage for...
Millions in insurance refunds going out (AUDIO)
Thousands of Missourians who have been overcharged by their health insurance companies have...
Inspections urged for Lake of the Ozarks docks
Authorities at the Lake of the Ozarks are urging property owners on the Lake to have regular...
Sorting out the Affordable Care Act (AUDIO)
We've heard a lot of rhetoric on both sides of the Affordable Care Act since the Supreme Court...
Man dies after snake bite; heart attack blamed (AUDIO)
. A 50-year old Ellsinore man bitten by a copperhead snake in southeast Missouri has died. But a...
It’s hot, and getting hotter
Temperatures throughout Missouri will climb up through the 90s and past the 100-degree mark this...
Missourians at risk for heat-related deaths
Heat and humidity can cause health problems with little or no warning, and with highs in the 90s...
Governor to sign veterans, early childhood funding legislation
Legislation that settles the funding tug-of-war between the state's veterans and children is going...
Legislature wants alert staffs at key mental health facilities (AUDIO)
The legislature says some people in state custody are too dangerous to be guarded by sleepy...
Opponents could have blocked conscience bill; backed off (AUDIO)
Governor Nixon will decide if a religious conscience bill passed by the legislature fits in with...
Pseudoephedrine legislation added to public safety omnibus
A dispute between republican proposals in the House centers over which approach to take in getting...
Corrections Department adopts new drug for lethal injections
The state Department of Corrections has approved a new drug for use in lethal injections to carry...
House-Senate committee to study abortion, birth control coverage (AUDIO)
A House-Senate Committee could be next to consider a package containing a number of measures...
House-Senate committee to consider blind pension fund eligibility restrictions
Whether eligibility restrictions will be added to the blind medical subsidy fund will next be...
House leaders consider legality of blind pension compromise
Some say the way the House and Senate budget conferees compromised to fund the blind medical...
Prescription monitoring bill wins, loses (AUDIO)
Missouri could be the last state in the nation to adopt a prescription drug monitoring law. The...