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KBIA’s Rebecca Smith sat down with Dr. Logan Frank, the director of breast imaging for Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, to discuss how mammogram recommendations have changed and why this preventative health measure still matters.
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Art can be a powerful tool, helping people combat the stressors of everyday life while creating something beautiful in the process. KBIA’s Laine Cibulskis has the story of how one man in Ashland is using art — and the local community he’s found around it — to foster connections and get some much-needed support.
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Military medical providers serve alongside the patients they treat on a daily basis. It’s a unique way to practice medicine, and it can come with unique challenges.
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University of Missouri Health Care recently made a decision to end some gender-affirming care for all transgender minors. Last Friday, in response to this decision, hundreds gathered on MU’s campus in support of the transgender community.
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The new, updated COVID-19 vaccine was approved yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and is expected to be available in coming days.
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Columbia-based organization DeafLEAD was chosen as one of two national partners that will provide ASL crisis services through the 988 Lifeline.
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You may have heard the ticks are bad this year due to the mild winter or ticks are getting worse in Missouri. But what’s the reality of these claims? KBIA’s Rebecca Smith has more on how climate change may be impacting the ticks – and the humans of Missouri.
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Many students in Missouri are no longer be eligible to qualify for federal food assistance. During the pandemic, rules were relaxed so students weren’t required to participate in state or federally funded work programs such as work-study to qualify.
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Kerry Karaffa is an embedded psychologist and mental health and wellbeing coordinator within the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine.
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WIC or Women, Infants and Children is an education and supplemental nutrition program for pregnant and postpartum people, as well as children up to the age of five. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith sat down with Anne Strope, the administrative coordinator with Missouri WIC, to talk about the program and how some recent changes are trying to make WIC more accommodating to participants’ needs.