Mobile food pantry expands free food program at 5 Metro Transit centers
ST. LOUIS – Metro Transit and the St. Louis Area Foodbank are expanding the free Food on the Move program…
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If Roe falls, some district attorneys won’t enforce anti-abortion laws
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, progressive prosecutors…
FDA outside advisers recommend Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines for children under 5
WASHINGTON — Parents of children under 5 are one step closer to protecting them against COVID-19 after the U.S. Food…
Mortality gap is widening across the political aisle
Politics may be a matter of life or death. A study published June 7 by the British Medical Journal examined mortality rates…
Health plans block patients’ mental health care from their doctors
When a longtime patient visited Dr. William Sawyer’s office after recovering from COVID-19, the conversation quickly turned from the coronavirus…
Governor signs law shielding doctors prescribing ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine
A bill signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson Tuesday will shield health care providers from losing their medical licenses…
Missouri helps abortion opponents divert state taxes to crisis pregnancy centers
In the final days of Missouri’s legislative session in May 2019, lawmakers turned their focus to a bill that would…
Addressing the ‘trust factor’: Researchers tackle health disparities using genetics
Quenton Tompkins’ family tree is deeply rooted in rural McCormick County, S.C. His grandfather was a sharecropper in McCormick. His…
Months-long wait times for Medicaid coverage may finally shrink
Missouri officials have vowed again to lower the number of days it takes to process Medicaid applications – which was…
8,500 Missourians may have survived COVID if all had been vaccinated
If all of Missouri’s adults were vaccinated against COVID-19, more than half of the more than 14,000 deaths attributed to…
Lead industry misled the public about its toxic problem for decades
Lead is a dangerous neurotoxin. Researchers have known that for decades. But the substance stuck around for decades in everyday…
COVID vaccine for children under 5 could be available as soon as June 21
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing to ship out to the states millions of COVID-19 vaccines for children…
Study: Children who survive school shootings endure lasting consequences
As the U.S. reels from another school shooting, much of the public discussion has centered on the lives lost: 19…
Medicare recipients to see premium cut — but not until 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare recipients will get a premium reduction — but not until next year — reflecting what Health…
Health agency appeals ruling requiring it to pay Planned Parenthood legal fees
Missouri’s health department is appealing a Cole County judge’s ruling that put the state on the hook to pay at…
New Missouri mothers won’t yet get more mental health, substance use health care
Threats of a filibuster in the Missouri Senate this year extinguished a proposal to extend health care for new mothers to…