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In Missouri and throughout the United States, syphilis rates have risen rapidly in the last decade. Pediatric infectious disease specialist Brian Allen shared more information with KBIA.
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Parts of Missouri will experience totality during the solar eclipse on April 8, but viewing the solar event without the proper eye protection can be dangerous.
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The Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen served dinner out of the Ashley Street Center for the first time Monday night after leaving its longtime home of Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church.
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El informe de las muertes relacionadas con el embarazo en Missouri se publica en español.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a health advisory due to an increase in measles cases across the United States – including in Missouri. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith sat down with Dr. Amruta Padhye, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at University of Missouri Health Care, to learn more about the disease and what symptoms folks should be on the lookout for.
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St. Louis-based nonprofit Gateway to Hope will work with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior services to connect more Missourians with breast healthcare services.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform doctors and public health officials of an increase in measles cases across the United States – including in Missouri.
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Room at the Inn executive director John Trapp updated KBIA on how the former winter shelter has been faring since its transition to year-round homeless shelter in October.
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Rachel Winograd is the director of the Addiction Science, Practice, Implementation, Research, & Education (ASPIRE) Lab at the University of Missouri St. Louis.
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In Missouri and Nebraska, information about maternal mortality rates among Hispanic women is not reliable. That’s a challenge for health care organizations that depend on those statistics to send resources to that population.