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If video healthcare services are not your thing, Missouri bill would add audio-only option
The Missouri House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that aims to make it easier to...
Missouri Sen. Hawley supports RFK Jr.’s move to cut 10,000 HHS jobs
The U.S. Department of Health and Senior Services plans to make massive job cuts, and Missouri’s...
Missourians’ guide to utilizing a prescription drug manager (LISTEN)
What is a prescription benefits manager? What role do they play in how much you pay for your...
“Money well spent”: Missouri works to help veterans access oxygen therapy
Some Missouri military veterans use a therapy in which they breath pure oxygen to help with...
Missouri nursing home workers and advocates call on lawmakers to address ‘crisis’
The nonprofit Missouri Alliance for Long-Term Care Reform has released a report about the state's...
Missouri Senate could face-off over efforts to reinstate abortion ban
An effort to reinstate the state’s abortion ban could be up for Missouri Senate debate soon after...
Missouri Senate gives initial approval to creating mental health treatment court
A Missouri Senate bill would create specialized courts focused on providing an alternative for...
Sen. Mike Moon leads GOP effort to define unborn children as a “person”
A U.S. Supreme Court battle could happen over Missouri’s stance on abortion. That’s what Sen. Mike...
Missouri inches closer to providing hearing aids, cochlear implants to adults on Medicaid
Current Missouri law does not provide hearing aids or cochlear implants to low-income adults on...
Missouri Senate confirms Gov. Kehoe’s National Guard, Health appointees
Three more Missourians have been confirmed by the state Senate to serve on boards, commissions, or...
Missouri House endorses bill to update archaic divorce law
Twenty years ago, Cecelie Williams tried to finalize her divorce while pregnant. She had enough of...
Missouri opens baby nursery in women’s prison (LISTEN)
The Missouri Department of Corrections has opened a baby nursery in one of its women's prisons....
Lawmaker says Missouri’s 988 Lifeline texting system is ‘catastrophic error that we can fix’
The texting system for Missouri’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is being criticized by a state...
‘A will to live’: Missouri considers legalizing magic mushrooms for struggling veterans
A southeast Missouri first responder and military veteran says magic mushrooms has given him “a...
“Shame on you”: Missouri House backs protections against weed killer lawsuits
Chemical company Bayer has paid out billions of dollars in cancer-related lawsuits over its...
Missouri Senate passes bill to help hazing victims in moments of need
The Missouri Senate has passed a bill that would shield anyone from being found guilty of hazing...
Missouri’s flu cases reach ‘very high’ levels
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says the state’s flu season has reached very...
Missouri epidemiologist provides safety tips for this deep freeze
Missouri recorded 37 hypothermia deaths in 2023, and provisional data shows 38 hypothermia deaths...
Missouri Republicans criticize court ruling allowing abortions to temporarily resume
Abortions in Missouri have resumed after a Jackson County judge temporarily blocked a regulation...
Effort to require Missouri schools have machines to treat heart attacks
Identical bills in the Missouri House and Senate would require public schools to develop cardiac...
Missouri bill aims to create public alert system for missing people with medical conditions
A Missouri Senate committee could vote soon on a bill that would create a public alert system to...
Should Missouri provide feminine hygiene products to students in need?
Missouri offers grants to school districts who want to provide tampons and pads to middle and high...
Missouri Senate approves bill to support ambulance districts
The Missouri Senate has passed a bill that aims to support the state's ambulance districts. Sen....
A Mother-Daughter Duo’s Mission to Fuel Missouri (LISTEN)
We talk with Barbie and Kim Mooneyham, a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law duo of Team Beef, who...
Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest personnel fighting California wildfires
Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest personnel are in southern California fighting wildfires. Two...
Avian influenza forces auction and show suspensions in southwest Missouri
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, is beginning to spread in parts of Missouri. As a...
MU study finds nursing home dementia residents can reduce avoidable hospitalizations (LISTEN)
A new University of Missouri study looks to reduce avoidable hospitalizations for nursing home...
Holts Summit Republican wants to combat increasing prevalence of dementia
Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide and a major cause of disability among...
Biden signs Senator Eric Schmitt’s bill to help Americans with disabilities
President Joe Biden has signed Missouri U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt’s bill that is designed to help...