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Yunyi Dai/NPR Next Generation RadioEmily Connor is a bird watcher, an environmental educator, and a frontline witness to the effects of climate change. The threat of severe flooding is endangering the habitat at her bird sanctuary, and that’s making her work all the more urgent. -
Emily Whang/NPR Next Generation RadioAlvin Cooper is struggling to recover after his home was flooded from torrential rains in late July of this year. He lives in a floodplain area that is especially vulnerable to climate change because it lacks government attention. He is trying to recover but can’t do it alone.
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Foodscaper Matt Lebon runs an edible landscaping business where he introduces the community to the many benefits of growing native plants in your backyard. In the face of climate change, he believes that understanding biodiversity is the key to resilience. -
Extreme weather changes have impacted the work farmers do, and it’s no different for Mitchell Pearson, who runs an urban farm in Spanish Lake.
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Doe Run wants to mine more land underneath the Mark Twain National Forest in southeastern Missouri.
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Noble Health, a three-year-old private equity-backed startup, acquired Audrain and nearby Callaway Community Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. Facing staggering debt, lawsuits and two federal investigations, it sold the hospitals to a Texas-based Platinum Health Systems. This month, Platinum Health told hospital workers they no longer had jobs.
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After weeks of requiring people to submit online eligibility forms to receive the monkeypox vaccine, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is now letting clinics determine eligibility for the shots. LGBTQ advocates fear the online form, which asks questions about sexual behavior, discourages some people from seeking the vaccine.
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Severe storms and flooding damaged LaWanda Felder’s home, particularly the area she used for her child who has autism. Despite challenges, she says she is doing what she can to create an atmosphere of safety and comfort for her two young children.
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Missouri requires people who want the monkeypox vaccine to fill out an online form disclosing their sexual identities and behavior. The form aims to ensure limited amounts of vaccine get to those who are most at risk. But some LGBTQ advocates worry the screenings could discourage people from getting vaccinated.
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A federal emergency declaration that has allowed children to receive continuous Medicaid coverage throughout the pandemic could end soon, and health providers are worried.
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Centene Corp. has agreed to pay Texas $165.6 million to resolve claims that it overcharged the state’s Medicaid program — the biggest known payout by the nation’s largest Medicaid insurer over its drug pricing practices.
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The University of Missouri will receive a $25 million grant to help farmers statewide change their practices to be more financially viable in the wake of climate change and also mitigate the pace of change.
