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More Black Americans are buying guns. Is it driving up Black suicide rates?
Gun buying among African Americans has soared in recent years. So have suicide rates among young black men. Gun safety efforts and suicide prevention need to address race and cultural differences.
In Missouri And Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard To Track Vaccine Equity
Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data’s usefulness.
Rural Areas Send Their Sickest Patients To The Cities, Straining Hospital Capacity
In Kansas City, hospitals are treating local COVID-19 patients as well as patients transferred from rural counties in Missouri and Kansas, where there’s no mandate or culture for wearing masks.
Missouri Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion Despite Resistance From Republican Leaders
Missouri is the second state to expand the health care program via ballot measure during the pandemic. Nearly a quarter million people could get health insurance thanks to the measure.
Missouri To Vote On Medicaid Expansion To Uninsured Adults
Missourians will vote Tuesday on whether to expand Medicaid to uninsured adults. The pandemic has raised the stakes for residents who have lost jobs and insurance coverage.
Health Care Is A Hot Topic In The U.S. Senate Race In Missouri
Despite running against the Affordable Care Act for years, many Republicans are airing ads saying they support a central feature of the law: the requirement that pre-existing conditions be covered.
