Health
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Supreme Court to examine ‘patient steering’ to mail-order pharmacies
CVS Health and other massive corporations often use their pharmacy middleman subsidiaries to force people to get the most expensive…
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St. Louis nursing home workers back on job after strike over wages, safety
Workers accusing management of a St. Louis nursing home of unfair labor practices returned to work Tuesday morning after walking…
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Workers on strike at St. Louis nursing home plagued by understaffing, deficiencies
CLAYTON — A group of nursing home workers have been on strike for days to protest unfair labor practices and what…
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New funds, strategy may boost ‘massive task’ of reducing lead exposure
It’s clear that lead exposure is a problem for Missouri’s children. An estimated 4.5% have elevated levels of lead in their…
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Federal center tenants misled over toxic exposure, report finds
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel said in a letter to President Joe Biden and members…
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Database shows Missouri residents what contaminants are in our drinking water
Missouri and Kansas residents may be drinking unsafe amounts of arsenic, nitrates and other chemicals — even if their provider…
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Corizon loses challenge to Missouri prisoner medical care contract award
The company providing health care to state prisoners failed to prove a competitor misled state purchasing officers to win the $1.4 billion…
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As EPA cracks down on ‘forever chemicals,’ Missouri to start testing drinking water
Missouri could start testing small drinking water systems for harmful “forever chemicals” by the end of the year as the…
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Fresh faces, fewer tools: Meet some new health officials fighting COVID
VIRGINIA CITY, Mont. — Emilie Sayler’s roots run deep in southwestern Montana. She serves on a nearby town council and…
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‘Down to my last diaper’: the anxiety of parenting in poverty
For parents living in poverty, “diaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily calculation. Babies in the U.S. go…
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CDC panel backs expanded COVID-19 booster rollout
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions more Americans are closer to getting a COVID-19 booster as influential government advisers endorsed on Thursday…
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Cities are dragged into court to fix sidewalks for people with disabilities
From her dining room, Susan Goodlaxson can see her neighbor gardening across their street in Baltimore. But while other neighbors…
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In quiet debut, Alzheimer’s drug finds questions, skepticism
The first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it more…
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New leader of Dept. of Social Services has tall order: Jumpstart reform
After years of dysfunction and criticism — including lawsuits, legislative inquiries and a revolving door of leaders — the announcement…
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Planned Parenthood wants feds to block Missouri rule targeting its Medicaid funding
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri is calling for President Joe Biden’s administration to intervene to…
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New rules on Missouri abortion regulations kick in
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood leaders condemned new regulations on Missouri abortion providers that took effect Wednesday. Yamelsie Rodríguez,…
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Families with disabled children in limbo as Missouri aid program remains stalled
The seizures started hours after Gabriella Cotton was born. In the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital,…
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Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills
Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help. Whether you learn about this before…
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Missouri has enrolled 4,300 people in expanded Medicaid program
Roughly 4,300 Missourians eligible for health care under Medicaid expansion have been enrolled, a top Missouri Medicaid official said Thursday.…
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New rules on Missouri abortion clinics set to take effect
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The administration of Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, has enacted more rules on Missouri abortion clinics.…
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U.S. Supreme Court gets set to address abortion, guns and religion
The Supreme Court begins its annual term on Oct. 4, 2021, with a packed agenda highlighted by three claims of…
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Missouri finally expanded Medicaid, but hard work remains
Three months after Medicaid expansion was first slated to go into effect, newly eligible individuals can finally begin to enroll…
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‘Their tank is empty’: Public health officials combat staff burnout, low pay, harassment
WASHINGTON — Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local public health departments that were already struggling with too few…
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More than 80% of Missouri children have lead in their blood, study finds
Children in Missouri had elevated levels of lead in their blood at a greater rate than almost any other state,…
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Bush, other Congressional members share own abortion stories at hearing
Three Democratic members of Congress offered deeply personal testimony about their own abortions as a congressional committee examined on Thursday…
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Missouri abortion law leads to court battle over referendums
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A Missouri law seeking to ban most abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy led to a…
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Missouri agency must pay almost $200,000 for Sunshine Law violations
More than 10 years ago, a Cole County judge decided that “knowing” violations of the Missouri Sunshine Law by a state agency…
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State Supreme Court to rule on abortion initiative maneuver
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday about whether Secretary of State Jay…
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U.S. Supreme Court sets Dec. 1 oral arguments in major abortion case
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a case that threatens to overturn decades…
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Putting on pandemic pounds: State obesity rates hit all-time highs
WASHINGTON — The number of states with high obesity among residents has nearly doubled since 2018, according to new data Wednesday from…
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