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White residents in Missouri are dying at a higher rate than they did nearly two decades ago, according to a report from the Missouri Foundation for...
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On the southwest corner of Troost and Linwood Boulevard, Katz's Drug Store was quietly torn down after years of vacancy. Today, we learn what old…
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Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has issued subpoenas to three companies that distribute opioids throughout the United States. The subpoenas were...
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While communities across the country deal with dramatic increases in illegal opioid use, statistics in Johnson County suggest rates of death and addiction…
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Gov. Eric Greitens signed an executive order Monday to set up a statewide prescription drug monitoring program, ending Missouri's status as the final...
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The state of Missouri filed suit Wednesday against three major drug companies, alleging they fueled the nation’s opioid epidemic with a campaign of...
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Another major pharmacy chain in Missouri now offers naloxone, the potentially lifesaving drug that prevents opioid overdose deaths, to Missourians without…
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Kansas is one of three states that doesn’t allow first responders to carry a drug to reverse opioid overdoses.Rep. Greg Lakin, a Republican from Wichita,…
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New federal legislation aimed at combating the nation’s opioid addiction crisis has a provision tailored specifically for Missouri, which is the only…
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The U.S. is pledging to take in 85,000 refugees from around the world in 2016. The Ethics Professors discuss whether that's enough as the crisis in Syria…
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A doctor looking to help a patient prescribes a medication for a condition it was not originally marketed to treat. How legal, and how risky the off-label…
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In the past, the standard treatments for hepatitis C have been nearly as bad as the disease, making some patients feel like they have a severe flu. And,…