Last August, the United States completed the American exit from Afghanistan, and as the Taliban regained control of the county, numerous Afghans – many of whom had worked with the US military – were forced to flee.Several hundred of those refugees have ended up in Mid-Missouri, so in January community groups came together to gather donations for new and expectant Afghan moms.And they didn’t stop there – they also hosted a baby shower and health clinic to educate and welcome Afghan Mom as they transition to life in America and to life as new moms.

When her ex-husband would beat her, survivor Deanna Walters says her family used to ask her "Why don't you just leave him?" If only the answer were…

A shortage of rural health care professionals throughout the state has health systems connecting with patients in remote areas through telehealth.At the…

Alaysha Jefferson loves cheerleading at the Hallsville High School in Hallsville, Missouri. Living in a small town that has the population of 1,300 and…

The Pew Charitable Trust’s Center on the States recently released a report or oral health that didn’t speak too highly of Missouri. On an A through F…

MU nursing professor Tina Bloom interviewed 24 pregnant rural Missouri women to learn about what makes them stress. She said what she found challenges her…

This week -- we’re hearing about the Medicaid expansion debate down in West Plains -- the seat of rural Howell County. A study by the Missouri Budget…

Almost gone are the days when physicians collect your medical records in yellow manila folders stacked ceiling-high behind the nurses’ counter.More and…

Many Missourians will likely need help navigating the Affordable Care Act's new health insurance marketplace that's set to go online by Oct. 1, but one…

This week, a sweet story from a library in Oregon County, just north of the Missouri-Arkansas state line. Rachel Reynolds Luster is the librarian at the…