The Trump administration's cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects ...

A kindergartner in Missouri needed eye surgery. Her insurer granted approval for her to see a specialist nearby, yet her ...

About 90,000 people spent months in limbo as central Missouri's major medical provider fought over insurance contracts. These disputes between insurers and hospitals are a recurring problem.

Alabama is also among the five states with the highest infant mortality rates, fewest midwives/OBGYNs per capita, and fewest pediatrians/family doctors per capita.

Humes, practicing medicine in rural Missouri is a way of life. She's on call almost constantly in northeast Missouri's Scotland County, where she cares for patients from their birth until their death.