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As health care systems serving Johnson County deal with resignations, fatigue and other issues related to COVID-19, hospitals offer programs and amenities to try to help workers who are feeling the effects of burnout.

Psychedelic drugs often have a negative connotation but ongoing clinical trials show they can be beneficial to some patients.

A new law will give the Department of Commerce and Insurance greater oversight to ensure mental health care is covered the same as physical conditions.

While the state is accepting applications for Medicaid coverage under expanded eligibility, it says it can't start processing those applications before October 1.

New research from Washington University finds about 90% of immunosuppressed patients vaccinated for the coronavirus produced infection-fighting antibodies, but their immune response was weaker than that of healthy people.

Missouri Republicans say they plan to introduce more restrictive abortion legislation modeled on a Texas law that took effect this week. Abortion rights activists are gearing up for a tough battle in the Republican-controlled legislature.

Gov. Mike Parson on Friday revoked his broad-based declaration of a statewide health emergency, even as hospitals in northeast Missouri report they have no ICU beds available.

After the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at least one hospital system in Missouri announced it would mandate the shots for employees. Just over half of Missouri adults are fully vaccinated.

With the coronavirus surging again, smaller hospitals in Kansas can't count on the life-saving help of bigger, nearby facilities.

Cases and hospitalizations have multiplied so swiftly over the past six weeks that Kansas finds itself far worse off going into this school year and fall season than during the pandemic last year.

This spring, Missouri nursing homes reported COVID cases in the teens and 20s each week. In the last week of July, the virus was confirmed among 123 residents.

Increasing COVID-19 hospitalizations put increased mental strain on nurses, healthcare professionals say.