-
Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brian Yearwood and Brightli Central Region President Mat Gass sat down with KBIA to discuss the partnership between the two organizations.
-
A grant awarded to NextGen Precision Health Institute by the ALS Association will give $400,000 over 4 years to NextGen researchers to help them reach more rural patients.
-
University of Missouri Health Care will soon offer Saturday drive-thru vaccination events for both the updated flu and the newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines – beginning this week.
-
The Mid-Missouri PrideFest was this past weekend. KBIA’s Alex Cox was there and brings us this personal reflection of how the event has impacted them.
-
Columbia/Boone County Public Health & Human Services will be at Mid-Missouri PrideFest this weekend – offering STI testing, education and a new rapid test that checks for both HIV and syphilis.
-
Dr. Stephanie Logan is the CEO of DeafLEAD – a Columbia-based group that supports the Deaf and hard of hearing community and recently launched a new ASL crisis line through 988.
-
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.
-
Missouri organization DeafLEAD will be one of two national providers of ASL videophone crisis services through 988 Lifeline.
-
A new state report shows a drop in the number of Missouri kindergarteners who received the required immunizations for Missouri schools.
-
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.
-
Michelle Trupiano, the Executive Director of the Missouri Family Health Council, sat down with KBIA’s Rebecca Smith and spoke about The Right Time, a program that provides education and access to low or no cost birth control to Missourians across the state.
-
Maternal mortality is getting worse in the state of Missouri according to a new report released Thursday.