At issue is whether states like Missouri are barred from requiring products like Roundup to include warning labels indicating a cancer risk.

About half of all Missouri enrollees chose bronze plans in 2026 — the lowest-premium option with the highest deductibles — a significant shift from last year. One reason for the shift is the lapse of Biden-era subsidies that made costs lower for buyers.

Jefferson City-based Beacon Reproductive Health Network called Hawley’s accusation that they are an abortion provider "intentionally misleading." The nonprofit distributes grants to 65 Missouri health centers, including city and county health departments and hospital-based clinics.

Young people are at risk for kratom abuse, said PreventED’s Jenny Armbruster. Missouri’s attorney general called the kratom compound 7-OH “deadly.”

You may have noticed lately in movies and shows that more cigarettes are popping up. And that trend is not be limited to the screen. A recent study found 43% of University of Missouri students reported using a nicotine product in the last year.

Missouri shop owners are also questioning the evidence behind Attorney General Catherine Hanaway’s crackdown, which relies heavily on lab results gathered by a marijuana industry group —whose members compete with hemp retailers.

Research from Washington University shows two-thirds of Missouri Medicaid recipients are employed. Others who didn’t work cited disability, illness, caregiving or retirement as reasons. The study comes as many adults on Medicaid will soon need to prove they work.

Despite steadily declining birthrates in Missouri, Kansas and across the country, in the last year Children’s Mercy has announced major expansions in Overland Park, Wichita and Springfield. Its expanded downtown campus could include four new buildings.

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The legislation is aimed at hospitals that don't stock emergency contraception on religious grounds.

Missouri officials have proposed cutting tens of millions of dollars in services for people with disabilities. And Montana halted a plan to pay for birthing doulas amid a budget shortfall and fears over coming federal Medicaid cuts.

RSV season in the U.S. is expected to stick around longer than usual this spring. That's prompting most states to continue to offer the vaccine to eligible babies and toddlers through the end of this month.