Missouri had 1,948 drug overdose deaths reported last year, down from Missouri’s all time high of 2,180 deaths in 2022. One reason there are fewer deaths is because of the increasing availability of Naloxone – a lifesaving medication that reverses overdoses. Dr. Heidi...
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University have developed an implantable device that can detect an overdose and rapidly deliver Narcan to the person in need. Narcan currently works great when there is someone around to deliver it...
Missouri is close to expanding Medicaid healthcare coverage to the state’s low-income mothers and their babies. By a vote of 117-26, the Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan plan that would provide full government-funded healthcare coverage to...
