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It may be startling to realize things you did before the pandemic you've now forgotten how to do. For most of us, it doesn't take much time to regain those abilities.

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.

Microbes living in these aquatic environments consume carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker talks about Kevin Strickland and the development of the county's new detention center, and a local competition winner whose ideas could protect thousands of children.

A local young inventor is poised for the global stage with her life-saving invention, for which she won this year's Kansas City Invention Convention.

Vultures fill an integral role in the ecosystem but a number of residents in Salina, Kansas would rather not have the scavenging birds roosting in their trees.

Southwest Missouri hospitals are strained because of the Delta variant, and unwelcomed turkey vultures inundate Salina, Kansas.

Found in wetlands from Missouri to Massachusetts, photoferrotrophs could be absorbing carbon dioxide on a large scale, underscoring the importance of conserving these threatened habitats, Washington University scientists say.

People who lost the ability to smell due to COVID-19 describe surreal experiences, like tasting nothing but ketchup for weeks. They also describe the jarring impact of not being able to rely on what scientists call a "primal sense."

People who lost the ability to smell due to COVID-19 describe surreal experiences, like tasting nothing but ketchup for weeks. They also describe the jarring impact of not being able to rely on what scientists call a "primal sense."

As part of a two-year statewide effort to track ticks, scientists from A.T. Still University in Kirksville and the Missouri Department of Conservation are asking residents to mail in samples of the tiny parasites. The team plans to map the distribution of tick species on a county-by-county basis, along with their bacterial pathogens.

The Freedom Affair is a nine-piece band known for getting crowds dancing. But they haven't had a live show since February 2020, and fans have had to make do with headphones instead of dance floors. That's about to change.