Rural Health

At a pediatric clinic in Kirksville, Mo., a young boy is waiting in an exam room to be vaccinated. A nurse explains the shots to his mother, and Lisette...

When Karolyn Schrage first heard about the “dominoes gang” in the health clinic she runs in Joplin, Missouri, she assumed it had to do with pizza.Turns…

A study of workplace injuries in 27 states, including Missouri and Illinois, shows 68% of injured workers in very rural areas received at least one opioid…

Rural hospitals are more likely to close in states such as Missouri that have not expanded Medicaid.A recent report from the pro-Affordable Care Act…

At the start of the year, Missouri was sitting on $80 million. The money was set aside in case the Children’s Health Insurance Program wasn’t refunded...

This story was originally published February 6. It has been updated as of February 9 at 1 pm. The Atchison-Holt Ambulance District spans two counties...

White residents in Missouri are dying at a higher rate than they did nearly two decades ago, according to a report from the Missouri Foundation for…

When the hospital closed in rural Ellington, Missouri, a town of about 1,000, the community lost its only emergency room, too. That was 2016. That same...

After 20 years of selling and using meth, 38-year-old Andy Moss turned his life around. He got off drugs and got a good job. Next step: he wanted to fix...

Every day, LaDonna Haley talks to patients who can’t find a psychiatrist or counselor who takes new clients in the St. Louis area. She estimates that 10…