The new funding builds on more than $7 million previously awarded to Missouri for rural maternal health initiatives, including expanded doula training and certification, as well as mobile health care and community paramedicine services.

On this month’s Socially Transmitted, KBIA's Najifa Farhat and Rebecca Smith look at what we do and do not know about the practice of mouth taping.

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services data show 254 people died from heat-related causes between 2014 and 2026. About 6% of those deaths were listed as being related to occupational activities.

In July, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced its intent to make 7-OH — a potent synthetic opioid — a schedule 1 drug. In other words, 7-OH would be classified as an illegal, addictive substance with no medical use.

According to research from the Urban Resource Institute, more than a third of domestic violence survivors report their abusers threatened to harm or kill a family pet — leaving survivors in a fraught situation: escape their abuser or stay to protect the pet?

The Climate Prediction Center says parts of southwestern Missouri could experience rapidly developing drought and extreme heat in early September

On this month's Socially Transmitted, reporters Najifa Farhat and Rebecca Smith examine the safety of drinking raw milk.

According to the latest data from Feeding America, nearly one million Missourians faced food insecurity in 2024. But a program in Missouri is working to fight food insecurity by bringing locally raised pork to Missourians' plates.

A recent analysis by ValuePenguin found the estimated number of pickleball-related injuries treated in U.S. emergency rooms nearly quadrupled between 2018 and 2025, with falls, slips and trips accounting for nearly 65,000 ER visits nationwide.

Missouri blood centers say they have not reached the point of issuing an emergency appeal yet but are watching closely