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MU Professor, High Schooler and Undergraduate Mathematician Lead the Research on Variants

By | February 25, 2022 | 0
From left to right: Hickman Mills sophomore Saathvik Kannan, MU principal investigator Kamal, Singh, and MU undergraduate Austin Spratt. They're working together at Bond Life Sciences Center in Columbia to identify new SARS-CoV-2 variants. (Credit: Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center”)

At MU, a veteran scientist, high schooler and undergraduate student identified 46 mutations of the omicron variant.

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Kansas City Doctor Leads Nationwide Study on Long COVID

By | February 11, 2022 | 0
Medical staff walk through or aid patients in a hospital hallway. Image from Canva

A new clinical trial study aims to learn why some adults infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus develop long COVID and why others don’t.

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Deadline Looms for Missouri Schools to get $1.95 Billion in COVID Money

By | February 8, 2022 | 0
An interventionist works on reading skills with a small group of students Feb. 1 at Faxon Elementary School in Kansas City. Kansas City Public Schools has used federal COVID relief dollars to hire more staff in an effort to give students focused attention and help them catch up from pandemic-related learning loss.

Missouri legislators face a March 24 deadline to release most of the funding before it returns to the federal government.

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What to Know About the New Surprise Medical Bills Law

By | January 7, 2022 | 0
An emergency room entrance.

The No Surprises Act took effect Jan. 1, 2022, and you may be surprised what it will, and won’t, do to prevent surprise medical bills.

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Highway to Hemp: ‘Wild West’ of the CBD Market

By | January 6, 2022 | 0
A man drips CBD extract into a bucket.

Prices for CBD plummeted in 2019 as producers flooded the market, but those who stayed in the game are hopeful that FDA approval will blossom the industry.

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