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A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom.

A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom.

In this episode, hosts Eric Fey and Brianna Lennon speak with Joanna Francescut in Shasta County, California, and Natalie Adona in Nevada County, California, about how interactions with the public have changed since 2020 and about how the new demands of educating skeptical voters and people wanting to observe the election process can make it hard to get the day-to-day work of local election administration done.

According to the CDC, Missouri currently has 125 diagnosed cases of monkeypox, but stigma could be preventing people from seeking help.Yerina Ranjit is a health communication researcher and scholar at the University of Missouri, and she spoke about how the stigma that comes from attaching a disease to one at-risk population can be harmful, as well as keep all people at risk of monkeypox from seeking care.

A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom.

A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom.

A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom.

A roundup of headlines from across the mid-Missouri region.

A roundup of regional headlines from the KBIA newsroom.

Heather Harlan is an educator from Columbia/Boone County Public Health & Human Services. She spoke about substance use disorders, as well as how medication-assisted treatment is a real option to consider for those affected.