University of Missouri

The Board of Curators' decision not to require masks comes as the state experiences the worst COVID-19 infection rates it has seen since the start of the pandemic.

A federal judge issued an injunction to delay the implementation of a nationwide vaccine mandate covering federal contractors.

The first U.S. omicron case was identified Wednesday — about a week after its discovery in South Africa. While there are concerns about the variant’s transmissibility, the number of mutations it possesses make it easier to detect than other strains.

Certain individual freedoms are fundamental rights in America, but those rights are not limitless. Ethicists say society has an obligation not to do harm to others.

The U.S. imports a lot of chestnuts, and there is an opportunity for more of them to be homegrown.

The fossils of the now-extinct worms had been tucked away for decades in the University of Kansas paleontology collection before researchers reexamined them.

The Board of Curators extended the current mask policy through Oct. 15, after three Republicans were defeated in their push to lift the classroom rule for anyone who has been vaccinated.

U.S. Supreme Court rules the NCAA's restrictions on athletes violate the Sherman Antitrust Act

The different ways of expressing the love of one's country and the changes for student athletes as the NCAA drops restrictions on players benefitting from the use of their name, image and likeness.

A recent study by University of Missouri researchers found ticks are active eight months out of the year, from early spring through late fall. The extended season mean more ticks spread potentially fatal diseases.

Aviva joined KCUR in 2019, impressing her colleagues with her work ethic and strength of purpose.

Corbyn Jones, now an attorney, was a star quarterback for Mizzou from 1995 to 1998 and was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.