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Last August, the United States completed the American exit from Afghanistan, and as the Taliban regained control of the county, numerous Afghans – many of whom had worked with the US military – were forced to flee.Several hundred of those refug
COVID-19 vaccine education and outreach are hard enough without a language barrier. But for Missouri’s Spanish-speaking immigrant communities, these efforts are critical. Many work in high-risk environments like meat and poultry processing plan
COVID-19 vaccine education and outreach are hard enough without a language barrier. But for Missouri’s Spanish-speaking immigrant communities, these efforts are critical. That’s because many work in high-risk environments like meat and poultry
Missouri’s vaccine rollout has been one of the slowest in the nation according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Now, the Parson administration is looking to change that by routing vaccine distribution through some 3
Last Thursday, Governor Mike Parson announced Missouri would enter Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccine distribution, making millions of Missourians eligible for vaccination. But the vast majority of those eligible still have to wait to be inoculated.
As vaccine distribution gets going, some rural hospitals are facing uncertainty when it comes to immunizing their staff. Dr. Randy Tobler, the CEO of Scotland County Hospital in rural northeastern Missouri, initially didn't expect to receive th
This is part one of a two-part report on how rural hospitals across Missouri are dealing with the surge in COVID-19 admissions. 30 hours — that’s how long it took Erik Martin to find one of his patients a hospital bed. Martin is an emergency ph
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in Missouri, and unlike other surges earlier in the summer, hospitals in most parts of the state are filling up. At Cox Health, a health system in Springfield that operates multiple hospitals, expandin
It’s the first time since the University of Missouri started reporting COVID-19 cases that the number of “TOTAL STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED SINCE AUG. 19, 2020” was not zero. The Show Me Renewal dashboard was updated on Monday to two students, marked
A month ago, there were fewer than 60 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Boone County. This week, there were more than 140 . COVID-19 hospitalizations are up across the state, with more than 2,000 people admitted as of November 7, according to t
This story was updated on November 5, 2020 to include comment from Dr. Jonathan Heidt. When MU Health Care closed one of its two drive-thru coronavirus testing sites in mid-September, it pointed to a drop in the number of people getting tested.
Each year in Missouri, thousands of people are held in jails, many of them before being convicted of any crime, simply because they cannot afford the cost of their bail. To combat this problem, one local group is working on a short-term solutio
In less than a month, more than 1,300 students at the university of Missouri have tested positive for the coronavirus. Case investigation and contact tracing are key components of controlling the outbreak, but students say the university is fal
A return to pre-pandemic childcare subsidy reimbursements has some Missouri childcare providers feeling left in the lurch.
Amie VanMorlan is a mother of two, a pediatric endocrinologist and the incoming President of the Columbia SEPTA or Special Education PTA. She sat down with me to talk about some of the concerns parents and educators have about the return to sch
Missouri has entered its sixth month of navigating the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and for dozens of health departments across the state, CARES Act funding has been slow to arrive. That means crucial public-health positions like contact trace
After a night of what seemed like neck-in-neck results, Missourians have voted “Yes” on Amendment 2. The final results were about 53 percent “yes” to 47 percent “no,” which makes Missouri the 38th state to pass Medicaid Expansion.
More than 1,200 Missourians have died from COVID-19 since the first confirmed case back in March. With new data and every day, the human aspect of that loss can get lost in the numbers. Angela Kender is looking to change that. After losing her
Francisco Bonilla is a pastor who runs a low-power radio station out of his church, Casa de Sanidad in Carthage, Missouri. On a hot summer day, he’s showing me around the studio. Bonilla mainly uses the station to broadcast sermons and religiou
More than two months after the president approved a funding package to bolster local response to COVID-19 outbreaks, the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services department hasn’t received a penny. As confirmed COVID-19 cases cont
Correction: An earlier version of this story reported the state's community testing would begin on June 29, rather than the correct date of June 26. When physician Erik Martin left his home in Joplin to help with New York’s COVID-19 outbreak in
Meat processing plants across the Midwest have become hotspots for COVID-19. Now rural health workers are trying to keep track of workers who get sick -- and those exposed to the disease. But that’s challenging because many workers are immigran
The Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing announced today that they’re making clear, accessible masks available to Missourians. These accessible masks have clear fronts, which allow people to clearly see an individual’s mouth whi
Offenders in some Missouri prisons are breaking down walls — emotional walls. They’re demolishing the barriers they’ve spent years building while inside a prison cell. But it’s only at the end of their sentence, the end of their life, that thos
Bill Haggard is the mayor of Herculaneum, Missouri, a town of 4,000 about a 30 minute drive south of St. Louis. He’s also the fire chief, president of the historical society and a retired teacher, among other distinctions, although he identifie
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