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Black women have some of the highest new infection rates regionally and nationally, and many still face systemic barriers in receiving the health care they need to live healthy and normal lives.
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As part of a policy of aggressive residency investigations, dozens of middle school students were handed disenrollment letters and shown the door in the Hazelwood School District in late February and early March.
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In Missouri and Nebraska, information about maternal mortality rates among Hispanic women is not reliable. That’s a challenge for health care organizations that depend on those statistics to send resources to that population.
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In the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting at the Chiefs parade, Kansas City lawmakers say they feel "helpless" to do anything about firearms or the high homicide rate. That's in large part because Missouri preempts local governments from passing gun control measures.
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Given the Show-Me state's proximity to the South — and its history as a slave state — researchers decided to ask how Missouri residents thought about their identity.
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In its State of Tobacco Control study, the American Lung Association gives most of the region poor grades for curbing smoking and the use of other tobacco products.