NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Anti-abortion centers across the country are receiving tens of millions of tax dollars to talk women out of ending their pregnancies, a nearly fivefold increase from …
Gov. Mike Parson has no “litmus test for appointments,” his spokeswoman said Friday, despite a statement earlier in the week indicating he would nominate only a state health director who …
WASHINGTON — Starting this spring, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get up to eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month at no cost. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services …
The director of Missouri’s transportation department is facing calls for his ouster from Republican lawmakers who contend he’s broken trust with the public with a plan to give worker pay …
Since the start of 2003, Missouri voters have amended the state constitution 26 times. They approved a mix of conservative and liberal ideas that include making English the state’s official language, …
In July 2020, Gov. Mike Parson signed into law a potentially sweeping change for coroners across the state of Missouri, many of whom lack medical or forensic training. The law, …
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators debated on Tuesday a “stand your ground” bill that backers say will strengthen the state’s self-defense laws but that a prosecutor has dubbed the …
Health care professionals had high hopes that rapid vaccination of our entire U.S. population would slow COVID-19 transmission and stem the disproportionately high death count in the United States. We …
Outside medical help has been called in to care for patients at the Fulton State Hospital as it grapples with steep staffing shortages upwards of 80% for some positions. With …
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harris-Stowe State University closed for several hours Tuesday after the historically Black school received a bomb threat. The university said in a news release that the …
The Missouri Senate refused to confirm Donald Kauerauf as Gov. Mike Parson’s health director on Tuesday, leaving Kauerauf banned from the position for life. Hours later, Parson named Richard Moore, …
As Joe Biden struggled to survive the 2020 Democratic primary, he made a striking pledge before voting began in heavily African American, must-win South Carolina: His first Supreme Court appointment …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will meet with Senate Judiciary Committee leaders on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court vacancy and the president’s promise to nominate a …
State health director Donald Kauerauf adamantly spoke against mandating face masks and COVID-19 vaccines during a hearing Monday, as anti-vaccination demonstrators protested his confirmation in the halls outside. While protesters …
State officials investigated last year allegations that a law enforcement officer pointed a handgun at his son’s head while intoxicated. The same officer was also intoxicated during “multiple incidents of …
Two weeks after a Cole County judge stripped local health agencies of their ability to issue orders to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, a top official in the state health …
The 13th Amendment is having a moment of reckoning. Considered one of the crowning achievements of American democracy, the Civil War-era constitutional amendment set “free” an estimated 4 million enslaved people and …
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hospitals across Missouri are asking staff members and administrators to take on additional duties to help deal with the current surge in COVID-19 patients. Hospital employees …
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — State parks in Missouri are proving to be more popular than ever, with record numbers of visitors. A park visitor follows a trail at Castlewood State …
The unexpected death of a friend and colleague to COVID-19 in January 2021 led me to start researching how American death rituals were transforming during the pandemic. My friend was …