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The Missouri Department of Health is warning consumers to avoid 7-OH, a chemically altered form of kratom it says is untested, unregulated, and up to 13 times stronger than morphine. The advisory follows an FDA warning to Kansas City–based Shaman Botanicals, which makes 7-OH products sold in stores and online across Missouri.

The rollout of this year’s updated COVID-19 vaccine has been confusing, to say the least. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith has more on who’s eligible for this year’s booster and what steps may be needed to get it.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked Walmart to pull certain lots of Great Value brand frozen shrimp from stores after the agency detected potential contamination with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope.

Some medical researchers say 7-OH products made from kratom extracts could have the potential to create addiction problems, but advocates argue it’s safe

The lawsuit comes after a coalition sent letters to pharmacies, claiming that distribution of abortion pills in the mail would violate federal and state law.

In recent decades, the number of food additives has skyrocketed from about 800 to more than 10,000. A legal loophole in food safety law means companies can add them to foods with no government review.

Random tests of milk reveal that a few farmers are treating dairy cows with antibiotics that aren't supposed to be used on them. The FDA is now considering tighter controls to prevent such practices.

Megan Oberg had a rough time after her first two deliveries. One moment she'd be happy, in another, not really. And she said that's pretty typical. “Most…

Say cheese! That’s what Columbia-based NanovaBiomaterials Incorporated is doing after the Food and Drug Administration approved their first product, a…

Missouri will receive $693,000 as part of a nationwide settlement over the kidney transplant drug, Rapamune. Neighboring Illinois will get more than $1...