Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

A new surgery center in Independence will focus on Medicaid patients. It’s emblematic of progress improving oral health access in the state.

Supporters say the proposed ban protects women facing medical emergencies and survivors of sexual assault. Critics question whether those protections would work in practice.

The case looks at the grading process of marijuana facility licenses in 2019, which the state auditor found earlier this year to have erratic scoring and poor documentation.

Hemp companies in Missouri and across the country are rethinking their business plans in anticipation of the federal ban.

The updated cyclosporiasis case numbers, released Sunday, show more Missourians have tested positive for the parasite, but the rate of illness is slowing.

Despite a new presidential order, health officials urge parents to stick with longstanding guidance about routine shots.

The cyclosporiasis numbers released Sunday by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services are a 24% increase from the previous week.

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released new numbers Sunday showing 1,577 people in the state have tested positive for the parasite.

Missouri health officials say the CDC has added the state to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce grown in central Mexico, though the agency has not yet publicly announced the change.

Missouri health officials say increased testing and reporting have contributed to the case count as investigators continue searching for the outbreak's source.

The state usually logs around a dozen or so cases annually of the parasitic disease, which infects the digestive system and causes severe gastrointestinal symptoms.

Cases of the intestinal illness, which can cause explosive diarrhea, rose to nearly 300 this week in Kansas, up from 55 last week, according to numbers from the state.