Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Medicaid expansion supporters say Republicans' refusal to implement the constitutional amendment will result in delays of health care for Missourians in need.

Addressing the mistrust and health care access problems faced by African Americans will take more than big vaccination events, some experts say.

Absent statewide mandates, local communities should continue to use preventive measures to ensure safe working conditions, an expert said.

Excess deaths in Missouri well exceeded the official count of residents killed by the coronavirus.

While outsiders blame low rural vaccination rates on vaccine hesitancy, local health officials say the state’s distribution system has made providing shots difficult.

The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling ordering the state to pay the legal fees for Reclaim the Records.

State officials provided no explanation why they used national racial percentages rather than data based on Missouri’s population.

Missouri officials initially slated inmates for earlier vaccination due to their higher risk for COVID-19 infection.

Though Missouri has been vaccinating seniors for months, nearly half haven't received COVID-19 shots.

It’s unclear when the data will be fixed. The Kansas City Health Department hasn’t published local data because of concerns about its accuracy.

Racial data on COVID-19 vaccinations provided to media outlets by Missouri lacked dates or definitions to indicate what the numbers meant.

An app created over the course of a long weekend has already connected some Kansas City residents with needed vaccines.