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COVID-19 cases spiked in late summer, just ahead of the rollout of a new vaccine booster. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith has more on when to get the latest COVID shot to maximize immunity as the holidays approach.
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Dr. Brittney Marshall has been working in rural healthcare since her clinical days – now as the resident physician at the Family Medicine Clinic in Fayette. She spoke about why she chooses to work in – and loves rural medicine.
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Dr. Betsy Wickstrom, a high-risk OB-GYN in Kansas City, said she still worries abortion access will remain tenuous for the foreseeable future
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Last week, the Columbia City Council approved a new $71,000 contract with the state that will expand access to PrEP, a medication that can keep people from getting HIV through sexual contact or injection drug-use.
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The Boone County Commission has approved $2.5 million dollars in funding to construct a childcare center specifically for Boone County first responders and other public safety employees.
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Doctors discuss fears over providing abortion care due to state's abortion ban and canvass neighborhoods in last push before election.
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Coverage of cases of E. coli spotted in Missouri from a McDonalds outbreak, what E. coli is, and how to stay safe from it.
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Meghan Kruse is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Columbia Public School’s Scholar Clinic, a school-based clinic that serves students enrolled in CPS. She spoke about childhood vaccinations through their clinic, and about the power of having a conversation with concerned parents.
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Data from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services shows that vaccination rates are dropping and religious exemptions are rising among the state’s children.
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Stacey Andrews in Lynn Meyerkord both work at the AIDS Project of the Ozarks, or APO, in Springfield. They spoke about the history of harm reduction and how folks may already be using harm reduction techniques in their everyday lives.
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Missouri prison inmates and the staff who supervise them used the same curriculum to earn associate's degrees.
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In August, the Missouri Department of Revenue updated the process for gender marker changes on a state ID – now requiring proof of gender affirming surgery or a court order.Amariah Hardwick is a trans women who lives in St. Louis and is a leader with Transformations, an organization founded and led by trans women of color.She spoke about the impacts of this change and how the process of transitioning looks different for every person.