Doctors fear vague emergency exception to Missouri abortion ban puts patients at risk
Some Missouri medical providers are fearful that patients with high-risk pregnancies will face delayed care in life-threatening situations because doctors…
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Mexican networks ramp up to help U.S. women seeking abortions
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Abortion pills smuggled into the United States from Mexico inside teddy bears. A New York home…
Monkeypox: symptoms, how it spreads, and more
The World Health Organization said this week that monkeypox wasn’t yet a public health emergency of international concern. But more than…
COVID visitor restrictions curbed under new Missouri laws ensuring access to patients
Borne out of frustrations over health care facilities’ visitor restrictions during the pandemic, a pair of bills signed by Gov.…
State abortion ban does not prohibit Plan B nor contraception, Missouri AG says
After at least one hospital system in Missouri stopped providing emergency contraception because of ambiguity in the state’s abortion ban,…
Harris emerges as top abortion voice, warns of more fallout
WASHINGTON (AP) — During Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Supreme Court confirmation hearings, then-California Sen. Kamala Harris asked the judge if he…
U.S. grapples with whether to modify COVID vaccine for fall
U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified…
FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators have ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market, the latest blow…
With abortion illegal in Missouri, providers look to next frontier to ensure access
Angela Huntington’s phone was constantly ringing off of the hook. When Texas’ fetal heartbeat ban on abortions went into effect…
Deep inside the gun bill is a break for prescription drug middlemen
Many Americans across the political spectrum are clamoring for federal action on guns in the wake of a mass shooting at…
Parson signs proclamation to end elective abortions in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY – Today, in response to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, Gov. Mike Parson signed…
Roe overturned: What you need to know about the Supreme Court abortion decision
After half a century, Americans’ constitutional right to get an abortion has been overturned by the Supreme Court. The ruling…
U.S. Supreme Court overturns right to abortion in landmark decision
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established abortion as a constitutional right.…
‘Time bomb’ lead pipes set to be removed – but water utilities first have to find them
TRENTON, Mo. — It took three years for officials to notice lead was seeping into the city’s drinking water. Missouri…
Officials find first probable case of monkeypox in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Health officials say they’ve identified what is likely to be the first case of monkeypox…
Many baby formula plants weren’t inspected because of COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a year, but they did not…