Health
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Medicare copays for new Alzheimer’s drug could reach $11,500
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug would raise Medicare premiums broadly, and some patients who are prescribed the…
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Deaths from heart disease, diabetes climbed amid COVID-19
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other…
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Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking eight-week abortion ban
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to block a Missouri law criminalizing abortions after eight…
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Lawmakers can refuse to fund Medicaid expansion, attorney general says
Missouri lawmakers were not obligated to fund Medicaid expansion, and the courts cannot force the state to pay the medical bills…
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Prescription drug monitoring law finally erases Missouri label as lone holdout state
With the swipe of a pen Monday, Missouri is shedding its dubious status as the only state in the nation…
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Expanding coverage is top priority for new Medicare-Medicaid chief
The new head of the federal agency that oversees health benefits for nearly 150 million Americans and $1 trillion in…
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Memorial Day weekend, summer can be safe and healthy, city assures
CITY HALL – Downtown and the rest of St. Louis will be a safe place to celebrate this holiday weekend,…
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How to build back better health habits after pandemic year
The U.S. is in far different shape today than it was last Memorial Day, and many Americans are, too. According…
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Million-dollar grant will aid mentally ill potentially at risk of arrest
CITY HALL – The Department of Health has gotten the OK for a federal grant of more than a million dollars…
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Lawmakers push governor for special sessions on myriad of issues
A tax that funds $2 billion of Missouri’s Medicaid program. A push to ban the teaching of critical race theory…
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Judge sets trial date for lawsuit over Missouri Medicaid expansion
The lawsuit seeking to force Missouri to expand Medicaid coverage under a voter-approved constitutional amendment will go to trial June 18 in Cole County.…
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More public libraries are doubling as food distribution hubs
In the summer of 2021, public libraries everywhere, from Missouri and Idaho to Tennessee and Arizona, will offer free meals to families with children in their local…
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Recreation, vacant lots, addiction are all health issues, aldermen declare
CITY HALL – Three seemingly very different city concerns – supervised recreation programs, improvement of vacant lots and the fight…
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Missourians, health care providers pause plans as Medicaid expansion heads to court
Nina Canaleo wishes she could have known years ago that she would one day be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Maybe…
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JACO INTERVIEW: Reproductive Health Services CEO discusses future of Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to take a Mississippi case that could overturn Roe v. Wade worries advocates of legal…
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Centene CEO calls Missouri Medicaid decision an ’embarrassment’
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The CEO of Centene Corp. has called Missouri an “embarrassment” after Gov. Mike Parson, who is…
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Free testing aims to curb sexually transmitted infections ignored as COVID-19 spread
As the case counts of the COVID-19 coronavirus began to tick up across Missouri in March 2020, providers who offer…
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Supreme Court to take up major abortion rights challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to a showdown over abortion in a case that could dramatically alter…
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Legislative season ends without passing bill crucial to Medicaid funding
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri lawmakers ended the 2021 legislative session with a $2 billion question left unanswered. For the first time…
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New program would provide services, versus jail, for mentally ill
CITY HALL – When a police officer arrests a seriously mentally ill person who’s illegally panhandling, the officer may waste…
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Parson abandons plans to implement voter-approved Medicaid expansion
Missouri will not expand Medicaid coverage to working-age adults on July 1 because lawmakers refused to include funding for the health care…
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Secrecy around ownership raises questions about marijuana networks
The Missouri House voted Tuesday afternoon to require state regulators to turn over ownership information for businesses granted medical marijuana…
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Downtown water main break prompts boil order
DOWNTOWN WEST – Water flooded streets early Tuesday morning after a 36-inch water main broke near Lucas Avenue and Washington Avenue,…
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Rep. Bush tells Congress of Black pregnancy complications, maternal deaths
WASHINGTON — When U.S. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri was pregnant with her first child, Zion, she saw a sign…
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Officials push for millions in fixes for city water treatment system
RIVERVIEW – At well over a century old, the city’s drinking water treatment system is still providing the best-tasting water…
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Momentum grows for closing gaps in U.S. vaccine requirements
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren,…
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Missouri broke federal civil rights rules on air pollution, EPA finds
Federal officials are investigating whether Missouri environmental regulators violated the civil rights of St. Louis residents by issuing an air…
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WU COVID-19 survivor study finds ‘shocking’ risks: Health problems even months later
Dr. Zayid Al-Aly People fortunate enough to survive infection with the COVID-19 coronavirus can suffer health problems long afterward, Washington…
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Systemic racism tied to Black reluctance to get COVID-19 shots
ST. LOUIS – When Samuel Kennedy was 7, he ran for his life to escape a bloodthirsty white mob in…
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Medicaid expansion funding gets Missouri Senate thumbs-down
The Missouri Senate voted against funding Medicaid expansion, after a debate Wednesday night that will not be the final word on whether…
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