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Polio vaccine offers lessons for COVID-19
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Polio vaccine offers lessons for COVID-19
The Associated Press2 days ago0

I nervously fell into a long line of fellow first-graders in the gymnasium of St. Louis’ Hamilton Elementary School in the spring of 1955. We were waiting for our first…

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Public can watch Missouri vaccine panel's meetings
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Public can watch Missouri vaccine panel's meetings
Missouri Independent4 days ago0

As state health officials rolled out Missouri’s plan to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, decisions were informed by a group called the Advisory Committee on Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution.  For the…

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Justices block women from getting abortion pill by mail
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Justices block women from getting abortion pill by mail
The Associated Press5 days ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that women must visit a doctor’s office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, though…

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Virus aid, police reform dominate new U.S. laws for 2021
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Virus aid, police reform dominate new U.S. laws for 2021
The Associated Press2 weeks ago0

Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020, leading to scores of new laws that take effect in this new year. Virus-related laws include those…

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No candy, cake for children under 2
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No candy, cake for children under 2
The Associated Press3 weeks ago0

Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for young children. The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, released Tuesday,…

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I'm Black. I got the COVID vaccine
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I'm Black. I got the COVID vaccine
Missouri Independent4 weeks ago0

I won’t try to convince fellow Black Americans that they should get the COVID-19 vaccine, only share my thought process before I got the first of my two shots last…

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Abortion fight sparks revamp of Missouri petition laws
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Abortion fight sparks revamp of Missouri petition laws
The Associated Press1 month ago0

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Laws used by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft last year to slow the collection of signatures on a referendum seeking to overturn the state’s restrictive…

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Trump makes late-term bid to lower prescription drug costs
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Trump makes late-term bid to lower prescription drug costs
The Associated Press2 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to close out major unfinished business, the administration pf President Donald Trump issued on Friday regulations that could lower the prices Americans pay for many prescription…

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Catholics divided as bishops examine Biden's abortion stance
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Catholics divided as bishops examine Biden's abortion stance
The Associated Press2 months ago0

Catholics split almost evenly in supporting Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the presidential election. Now they’re sharply divided over a declaration by the head of the U.S. Conference of…

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High court seems likely to leave health care law in place
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High court seems likely to leave health care law in place
The Associated Press2 months ago0

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to leave in place the bulk of the Affordable Care Act, including key protections for pre-existing health conditions and subsidized insurance premiums…

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Changes on Supreme Court spur moves to protect abortion access
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Changes on Supreme Court spur moves to protect abortion access
The Associated Press3 months ago0

A vast swath of West Texas has been without a clinic that performs abortions for more than six years. Planned Parenthood plans to change that with a health center it…

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FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir
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FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir
The Associated Press3 months ago0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug to treat COVID-19: remdesivir, an antiviral medicine given through an IV for patients needing hospitalization. The drug, which California-based…

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