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Aim4Peace focuses on the neighborhood factors that most often contribute to violence, helping those who are considered at highest risk of committing offenses due to their living or employment situation.
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This is the first case of the virus in the state, but officials say extensive spread is not probable.
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Only 66% of adults in Missouri are fully vaccinated, the 10th lowest rate in the country. But a new analysis found that more than half of the 14,000 deaths attributed to COVID in the state since January 2021 may have been prevented if all adults had their vaccines.
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To date, the Canna Convict Project has already secured the release of 8 Missouri citizens from prison.
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The bills now head to the Senate with two weeks left in the session.
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Colleagues, friends and family of Norge Jerome will gather on Sunday to remember the KU Medical Center faculty member for her work linking culture and diet in the study of public health outcomes, as well as for her support of education, service and the arts.
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Appropriations Vice Chairman Lincoln Hough says he’s upset that Attorney General Eric Schmitt "continues to sue most of the citizens of this state." Since November, Schmitt has sued at least 45 school districts — as well as Kansas City and Jackson County — over their local health orders.
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There is no safe level of lead in children's blood, according to researchers. Yet, the toxin persists in the Midwest because of the way infrastructure and homes were built.
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Researchers say even a small amount of the toxin can harm kids’ development. One 2021 study found Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri had some of the highest rates of elevated blood lead levels in children.
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Kansas State University will use land plots in Kansas City for its study to find ways to reduce and stabilize lead in the soil, a threat especially dangerous to children under the age of six.
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Harold Smith, an artist from Kansas City, Kansas, is having something of a mid-career moment, with his works appearing in museums and on the new TV show "Bel-Air." Plus, how the new Kansas City health director is addressing COVID-19, low morale in health workers, and gun violence.
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Dr. Marvia Jones is the first Black female to head the city's health department. She was appointed to the position last month.