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Menthol has been the last allowable flavor in cigarettes, and the FDA says marginalized communities are far more likely to use these products. -
Courtesy of the CDC/The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's declaration that racism is a "serious public health threat" may not provide any new revelations but just making the statement is new and promising, public health experts say.
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Pharmaceutical companies are scrambling to develop an effective COVID-19 vaccine and receive FDA approval. In the meantime, states are finalizing plans to… -
State health leaders are beginning to release their plans for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine — whenever one becomes available. All states were required…
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More than 1,200 people in Missouri have died from COVID-19. As the toll rises each day, the human aspect can get obscured. Angela Kender is looking to…
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Seth Thompson learned about COVID-19 early. He’s an engineer in Carthage, Missouri, a town of just under 15,000 that sits along historic Route 66 in the…
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Ali Schroer was just out of college when she started her first teaching job, but her new insurance plan didn’t cover her allergy medication. "So this new…
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Systemic racism has a huge impact on the health of African-Americans in the U.S. It's literally a problem from cradle to grave, affecting everything from…
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Update: As the case count continues to rise, information on this story is moving quickly and may be out-of-date. We recommend checking the Centers for…
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The Broadway Diner is empty. The ‘50s style restaurant has been a fixture of downtown Columbia, for decades and gets a lot of customers from the…
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Vice President Pence is now in charge of U.S. coronavirus response, prompting a look back at his health record as Indiana governor facing an HIV outbreak,…
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Five years ago, Indiana experienced one of the nation’s worst HIV outbreaks. Mike Pence was governor then, and he approved a needle exchange to keep the…
