COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that lawmakers violated the state constitution when they tried to end all government funding of Planned Parenthood. The 6-1 ruling…
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Top court strikes down Louisiana abortion law; critics blast ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — Abortion opponents vented their disappointment and fury on Monday after the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision to strike down a Louisiana law that would have…
Parson won't appeal ruling in favor of abortion clinic here
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will not contest the license issued to the state’s only abortion clinic after a yearlong legal battle over whether the Planned Parenthood…
Missouri health officials replacing outdated computer system
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — It took a global pandemic to convince Missouri health officials to abandon a more than two-decade-old, homemade computer system used for tracking disease outbreaks. And, even…
Planned Parenthood abortion clinic here gets new license
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department issued on Thursday another license to the state’s only abortion clinic after a yearlong legal battle over whether the Planned Parenthood center at…
Planned Parenthood wins fight, gets OK to continue abortions here
(AP) — Missouri’s only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating. A state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of…
Days left in fight for Missouri opioid tracking bill
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Lawmakers are still trying to make Missouri the final state to adopt a prescription medication database to fight the opioid epidemic as their Friday deadline to…
Societal preconditions contribute to high infection rate among blacks
ST. LOUIS – Poverty, violence and racism have long devastated the African-American community. Now there’s another force disproportionately affecting black people: the coronavirus. And experts say its spread may be…
Nurses' program shortened as Missouri coronavirus cases rise
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A four-state hospital system and St. Louis University are trying to make it easier for retired nurses to return to caring for patients during the coronavirus…
Virus hits employee, closes testing site in The Ville
THE VILLE — CareSTL Health has had to suspend service at its site at 2425 N. Whittier St. after an employee there tested positive for the coronavirus. A press release…
Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients
NEW YORK (AP) — As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when…
Dorsey donates billion to fight coronavirus
St. Louis native Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of Twitter and the founder and CEO of Square, is donating a billion dollars’ worth of his Square holdings to help…