Audrain Community Hospital in Mexico, Missouri, closed its doors in 2022. Rural hospital leaders say the recently approved federal budget plan will impact patients no matter what type of insurance ...

Using an often overlooked part of the state constitution that guarantees the right to earn a living, Columbia nurse practitioner Marcy Markes is hoping that challenging the state’s requirement could ...

In 2020, Marcy Markes was confronted with a harsh reality. A nurse practitioner who has specialized in allergy and asthma care for more than two decades, she was forced to close three of her rural ...

The state requires these vital medical professionals to shell out tens of thousands of dollars for a formality. Getty Images I’ve been a nurse practitioner for more than 25 years. I have worked in ...

Nurse practitioners and midwives have been pushing to get the law changed in Missouri, but haven’t made any progress. Now, one Columbia nurse is suing the state. In 2020, Marcy Markes was confronted ...

In 2020, Marcy Markes was confronted with a harsh reality. A nurse practitioner who has specialized in allergy and asthma care for more than two decades, she was forced to close three of her rural ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Nurse practitioners are pushing to change Missouri law regarding care. In fact, one nurse practitioner filed a lawsuit against the state. KY3’s Steve Grant and Kansas City ...

A new report finds that while infant mortality rates decreased slightly, they remain high and maternal mortality rates ...

The all-pink house in St. Louis includes three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, an outdoor patio and plenty of picture-taking ...

This story was originally published by The Beacon, a nonprofit news organization serving Missouri and Kansas. The Star is republishing up to two stories a week as part of a new partnership with The ...

A major second half gave Mizzou its first high-major win of the year. Missouri basketball was far from perfect for long stretches of the game, but the Tigers delivered a devastating mid-second-half ...

Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, ...