The Associated Press
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Planned Parenthood on Thursday sued Missouri over an attempt to block it from receiving any public funding.
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Arkansas lawmakers have voted to set aside $1 million in state funds for private pregnancy resource centers that discourage pregnant women from getting an abortion.
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Governor Mike Parson announced he has selected Paula Nickelson to serve as the Acting Director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).
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Hospitals across Missouri are asking staff members and administrators to take on additional duties to help deal with the current surge in COVID-19 patients.
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Votes in the House and Senate are expected Wednesday.
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More than 300 facilities are now operating in Missouri as cultivators, manufacturers, dispensaries, testing laboratories, transporters, and seed-to-sale providers.
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Mississippi Department of Human Services officials say inaccurate data provided by school districts is leading to delays in families receiving pandemic food cards.
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Officials say many nurses are leaving Mississippi hospitals for better-paying jobs.
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A Missouri judge on Tuesday refused to reinstate federal unemployment benefits that were cut in June when Gov. Mike Parson pulled out of several programs, saying the court “would not substitute its judgment” for that of the governor.
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The Arkansas Medical Board has opened an investigation following reports that inmates at a county jail were prescribed an anti-parasitic drug to combat COVID-19 even though it hasn’t been approved to treat the coronavirus.
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As of June 7, roughly 3.2 million people in the U.S. said they would face eviction within the next two months, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey.
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A federal judge has ordered that an independent monitor be put into place to oversee Mississippi’s embattled mental health care system.
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Statistics show that about one-third of Alabama’s counties are at very high risk for COVID-19 as vaccination rates continue to lag.
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State officials say Virginia’s “dangerously” full mental hospitals are overwhelmed amid staffing shortages, a situation that has long plagued the hospitals and only worsened during the pandemic.
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State officials say Virginia’s “dangerously” full mental hospitals are overwhelmed amid staffing shortages, a situation that has long plagued the hospitals and only worsened during the pandemic.
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The constitutional amendment kicks in July 1 and applies to an estimated 275,000 more adults.
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Arkansas will submit its proposal to overhaul its Medicaid expansion to the federal government next month.
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Governor Beshear says the funding came from Vibrant Emotional Health, the non-profit administrator of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
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More people in Missouri died in 2020 than were born, a rarity that was due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Alabama Legislature on Thursday advanced a bill to require public schools to provide menstrual products.
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West Virginia will receive $393,100 from the federal government to detect the spread of hepatitis.
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The commonwealth was one of six states with a 10-year work history requirement for Medicaid.
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West Virginia will receive nearly $2.4 million from the federal government to fund HIV prevention and treatment.
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Weeks of public data presented by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services that suggests a high rate of COVID-19 vaccinations for multiracial residents is likely inaccurate, state officials said.
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Missouri is distributing vaccine based on the state’s nine highway patrol regions, and Parson has insisted that each region is getting its share based on population. But thousands of urban residents have taken to traveling to small towns to get shots.
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By the end of March, Pfizer and Moderna expect to have provided the U.S. government with a total of 220 million vaccine doses, up from the roughly 75 million shipped so far.
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A consulting firm is helping Missouri identify “vaccine deserts” to try and make the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as equitable as possible
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The regulatory changes Biden is asking federal health officials to undertake aren't likely to happen overnight because hastily written rules are more easily overturned in court.
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President Joe Biden wants to get assistance flowing while Congress begins to consider a $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19.
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Pfizer’s vaccine was the first to gain approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
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The group is proposing that adults of average risk for colon cancer be screened from ages 45 to 75.