Hospital Prepayment Requirements Add New Wrinkles to Patients’ Financial Responsibility
Thomas Zordani flew from his home in Denver to Phoenix for a consultation with a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, hoping to…
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Hospitals Say They Found a Tool To Help Reduce Childbirth Risks: Wristbands
Hospitals across the U.S. are trying to reduce maternal deaths and complications after pregnancies using one small tool: a silicone…
Flesh-eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warming waters worldwide − here’s how to protect yourself
_Vibrio vulnificus_ infections are spreading across the U.S. because of climate change CDC/Colorized by James Gathany Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like…
Anti-abortion groups urge attorney general to halt mailing of abortion pills
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche appears at his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill…
A Federal Policy Is Complicating How Organizations Battle the Opioid Crisis
Last year, Baltimore had three mass overdose incidents in the span of three months in its Penn North neighborhood. In…
Missouri women have fought for abortion rights for decades. They’re still fighting
Marlene Hammerman, RHS alum, notarizes petitions collected by Wendy Flusser, chairperson of the National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis’…
‘We are living in reverse’: Fragile HIV funding puts another strain on Kansas City’s safety net
Roberto Archuleta (center), who was diagnosed with HIV in 1991, points to this photo from around that time as an…
Many States Cover Doula Care, but Access to a ‘Birthing Bestie’ Is Often Out of Reach
Doula Taja Iglesias and her business partner have built a space in Alexandria, Virginia, that’s all things pregnancy, birth, and…
With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer watches a crowd of protesters at Delaney Hall, a detention center, in Newark,…
Same Knee Surgery, Twice the Price: Hospital Monopolies Push Up Healthcare Costs
More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the…
Missouri is No. 3 in the number of cyclosporiasis cases in the nation
Vegetables and lettuces at a grocery store in Michigan. Michigan health officials say lettuces and salad greens are emerging as…
Missouri voters crushed two Mike Kehoe priorities. November brings another test
After historic defeats Tuesday, the continuing clout of Gov. Mike Kehoe is uncertain. In this photo, Kehoe waves after completing…
Maybe Missourians are smarter than Jefferson City gives them credit for
(Getty Images). Missouri Republicans have been making the case for years that our state constitution is getting hijacked by out-of-state…
Parents putting screens in front of their kids is more about their own stress than other factors
About 70% of caregivers say that managing their children's screen use is a primary source of parenting stress. Maria Korneeva/Moment…
Democrats have a working-class voter problem that progressives like Abdul El-Sayed are still struggling to solve
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders at "The People v. The Powerful" rally at…
US employers shed 23K jobs in July
McKenna Melby of the North Dakota State College of Science speaks with a job fair attendee in Fargo, North Dakota,…