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Cynthia Goldsmith/CDCThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services detected the first human case of H5 bird flu in Missouri. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case. Infection transmission among the public remains low. -
Andrew Gill/WBEZMembers of the union representing veterans nursing assistants at the Quincy home want facilities to have the power to hire people themselves.
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A law aimed at helping people experiencing crisis was originally set to go live in 2022. -
More than 20 people have caught coronavirus at the state-run facility. They're among three dozen residents and workers at three of the state’s five veterans homes who have caught the virus. -
Water scarcity could threaten the Midwest as climate change puts pressure on water systems. With that scarcity, legal fights over water could become more common. -
The judge denied the coal plant owner’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the Sierra Club. -
Humidity can bring the heat index up significantly, and “corn sweat” only adds to the moisture in the air. -
Thirty-four Missouri residents — aged 11 months to 96 years — died due to heat-related illness in 2023, according to the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services. -
Two Planned Parenthood affiliates in Missouri have filed complaints with a state hearing commission, arguing that a new law blocking the clinics from receiving Medicaid reimbursements is unconstitutional. -
A heat advisory is in effect until Tuesday evening. -
Although the smallpox-related virus is surging in other parts of the world, doctors in St. Louis said cases are still low in the region. But they say vaccinations can keep the risk of future spread low. -
The amendment violates the Missouri Constitution, the lawsuit argues, because it illegally includes more than one subject.
