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Most tick-borne illnesses aren’t life-threatening or chronic – if caught early and treated. But ticks create an additional challenge for the unhoused community of Columbia.
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Without CNAs: ‘I am really afraid there won't be the care that is needed for our elders to survive.’Karren Ganschinietz lives and works in Boss, Missouri. She’s been a CNA, or Certified Nursing Assistant, for nearly 40 years – working in assisted living facilities and home care. She spoke with Missouri Business Alert about the shortage of CNAs in Missouri and how that could impact our healthcare systems, as well as the care patients receive.
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Sabrina Weaver is a nurse in Columbia and created the non-profit, Defense Against Diabetes, which helps people manage their Type 2 diabetes and helps prevent the onset of the disease in the first place. She spoke about some of the challenges people can face when they're working to establish new healthier habits.
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It’s been just more than a year since Missouri’s trigger law banned nearly all abortions in the state, and according to a new survey from The Right Time —many Missourians remain confused about the legality of emergency contraception and birth control.
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When the hospital closed in rural Ellington, Missouri, a town of about 1,000, the community lost its only emergency room, too. That was 2016. That same...
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When President Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in late October, it triggered a regulatory change intended to make it easier...
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In 2011, Maureen Sweeney was working as a registered nurse in labor and delivery at a Cleveland-area hospital. She helped hundreds of women, many minors...