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Kansas City pharmacists walked off the job last September to protest working conditions and brought widespread attention to the troubled retail pharmacy business. The industry is battling economic pressures, changed buying habits and labor shortages.
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Following a lawsuit from the state's hemp industry, Missouri health regulators will stop embargoing products simply because they contain hemp-derived THC. Instead, they'll focus on identifying "misbranded" products.
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With millions in expanded tax credits and direct state funding going to anti-abortion groups, the nonprofit Coalition Life has expanded its operations beyond Missouri and into states where the procedure is still legal.
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When someone has a heart attack outside of a hospital, a bystander can save their life by giving them CPR. A new study by a St. Luke's cardiologist and a team of researchers shows the survival benefits vary by race and sex.
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More than 135,000 marijuana products were recalled last week, including vapes, edibles and pre-rolled joints. The state says no adverse reactions have been reported yet.
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Mental health professionals say it’s important for teens to limit their time online and develop healthy social media habits.
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Wastewater testing helps track COVID trends. Currently, COVID levels in wastewater are surging in Kansas and Missouri as well as in much of the U.S.
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Six months after the Feb. 14 parade, survivors under 18 years old respond differently to loud noises, celebrations and things they used to love to do. In this installment of “The Injured,” we meet kids who survived the mass shooting only to live with long-term emotional scars.
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Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order this month banning intoxicating hemp products and threatening penalties to any establishment with a Missouri liquor license or that sells food products for selling them. Details of how it will be enforced are still being written.
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Around this time last year, a quarter of Missouri nursing homes hadn’t been inspected in at least two years. Now the number is closer to 3%, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data.
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The closure curbed abortion access in Kansas, which has fielded skyrocketing demand from out-of-state patients since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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The lawsuit alleges the hospital violated state nondiscrimination laws and a federal law that requires hospitals to treat or stabilize patients in a health crisis before transferring or dismissing them.
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Washington University officials recently sought to clarify that it would continue some services after a former caseworker claimed that the pediatric center would close.
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The Clay Counts Coalition is launching a program aimed at raising awareness and improving access to mental health services for its rural agricultural community.