The Missouri senator claims the drug puts patients at risk, while advocates say decades of data back up mifepristone's safety.

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri Department of Corrections of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.

Missouri sends the bulk of its funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program — intended to help families get into the workforce so they no longer need government aid — to crisis pregnancy centers, which are frequently faith-based and anti-abortion.

Many Midwest residents distrust their tap water. Some purchase water and ice from standalone kiosks. University of Iowa researchers found at least trace levels of lead in most of these kiosks.

Nearly 40% of respondents to a 2022 Wyandotte County assessment said mental health was the biggest concern in the community. Several health care services will soon be offered at a facility in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Mifepristone is facing another major legal challenge. The NPR Network wants to hear from people who've been prescribed the medication about their experiences.

This is the first confirmed measles case in Kansas City since 2018. Although measles is one of the most contagious diseases, experts say there’s a clear way to avoid it: vaccination.

For the second year in a row, state Sen. Mike Moon, an Ash Grove Republican, is sponsoring a proposed constitutional amendment that would treat embryos as people, potentially exposing abortion patients and providers to murder charges and eliminating rape and incest exceptions.

Many Americans struggle with medical debt, and those expenses can cause families to give up non-essential costs like extracurricular sports. The Finish Strong Foundation helps pay sports fees so kids can finish their season.

More than 1,000 Missourians traveled to the Capitol to attend Disability Rights Legislative Day. Lawmakers from both chambers have said they will try to restore $80.7 million in cuts proposed by Gov. Mike Kehoe.

KC Water will use nearly $2 million in new state funding to search for lead pipes in historically disadvantaged neighborhoods, starting this spring in Lykins and Columbus Park.

Dr. Wenjun Ma will use the money to work alongside Dr. Wesley Warren and Dr. John Driver to better understand how a chicken's pulmonary network rewires itself after an HPAI infection.