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Posts Tagged ‘Health’

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Goes Beyond Party Lines

By | August 4, 2021 | 0
Syringes of COVID-19 vaccinations are filled during MU Health Care’s mass vaccination clinic at the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Faurot Field in Columbia on Feb. 4, 2021.

While some pundits argue that party affiliation plays a role in low COVID-19 vaccination rates, experts say vaccine hesitancy goes beyond politics.

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Missouri Supreme Court Rules Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion is Constitutional

By | July 22, 2021 | 0
Demonstrators stand outside of the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City on July 1, 2021 and hold signs urging Gov. Mike Parson to fund voter-approved Medicaid expansion.

The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that voter-approved Medicaid expansion is constitutional, making 275,000 Missourians eligible for health care coverage.

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Report: Residents in Kansas, Missouri Get Drinking Water From Lead Pipes at High Rates

By | July 16, 2021 | 0
Girl getting water at a sink.

People in Missouri and Kansas risk lead exposure from drinking water at greater rates than almost any other state, a new report found.

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Activists Renew Push to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Missouri

By | July 15, 2021 | 0
Cannabis growing facilities

Cannabis activists have filed initiative petitions seeking to amend Missouri’s constitution to allow “adult use of cannabis.”

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How to Talk About Medical Marijuana With Your Parents

By | June 25, 2021 | 0
Cannabis growing facilities

Older adults have been slower to accept and use medical marijuana. But the tide is turning.

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