Health, Science, Environment

As Gov. JB Pritzker attempts to overhaul how the state reimburses nursing homes with Medicaid patients — a move they say will engender more accountability and equity — an unpublished report paints a complicated picture that neither fully bolsters Pritzker’s argument for an overhaul nor the resistance from the nursing home industry warning its cash-poor facilities will close en masse.

Missouri's black bears were decimated in the early 20th century, but have come back in recent years. With an estimated 800 bears now living in the state, the Department of Conservation is holding a regulated hunt to help with population control.

For those who want their loved ones to be safe from the virus, trying to persuade people to get the shot is frustrating but not impossible.

The climate pattern known as La Niña generally brings winters that are drier and warmer than usual across the southern U.S. and cooler and wetter in the northern part of the country.

A new report found the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated Illinois' rural health worker shortage.

The Board of Education in August passed a mandate requiring school district employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Friday to protect students and staff.

New rules require state inspectors to report violations directly to Medicaid auditors, which could jeopardize funding.

The U.S. imports a lot of chestnuts, and there is opportunity for more of them to be home grown.

Making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for workers at St. Louis hospitals has not sparked a mass exodus. Hospital officials in St. Louis say the vast majority of their employees have gotten the vaccine by the fall deadlines administrators set earlier this summer.

With a nursing shortage exacerbated by the pandemic, some children with disabilities don’t receive the full care they’re eligible for