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Dr. Crystal Lim is the chair of health psychology at the University of Missouri, and has spent much of her career working with children who are overweight. She spoke about how the treatment of excess weight has changed to focus more of health than size.
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Health care services in Missouri prisons are declining, according to a prison reform advocacy group. The nonprofit says providers are leaving, emergency care is getting denied and 66 residents have died this year.
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Over half of the net decline is accounted for by children, and Missouri application processing times are some of the longest in the country
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Speaker Mike Johnson says after consulting with U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, Republican leadership has decided not to hold a vote on a bill that would renew the program without adding new states
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Hawley, Wagner, Bush vow fight against bill to renew program set to expire June 10 if Missouri is excluded
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KBIA’s Katelynn McIlwain spoke with Wellness Lifestyle Consultant Erica Savage about how to nurture life as social structures bear down on Black women.
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A three-year grant awarded to the University of Missouri by the USDA will help train health and social workers on adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs.
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Missouri officials attribute part of the rise to an increase in fentanyl-related deaths and unsafe sleeping conditions.
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Black women often face different challenges surrounding pregnancy. Doulas across the state said access to culturally competent maternal healthcare can make a difference.
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African American and Hispanic Missourians trail behind whites when it comes to health indicators. The nonprofit Missouri Foundation for Health published…