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New rules require state inspectors to report violations directly to Medicaid auditors, which could jeopardize funding.
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Abortion-rights advocates say the rules are an attempt by state lawmakers to curb access to Planned Parenthood, the state’s only abortion provider.
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Only 45,000 of Missouri adults who received the vaccine since the state announced its vaccine lottery have entered the statewide drawing. That's fewer than 15% of the more than 600,000 people in total who have entered the drawing for $10,000 prizes, which ends next month. Still, the state health director calls the vaccination lottery a success.
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Donald Kauerauf said Thursday that as head of the Department of Health and Senior Services, he aims to boost the state’s COVID-19 vaccination rates. He supports masking and other public health measures to decrease coronavirus infections but opposes vaccine mandates. Instead, he said the state should focus on giving residents more information.
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The state could end up paying Texas-based SLSCO up to $30 million through the emergency contract.
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Missouri was awarded nearly $185 million in federal funds to support the program’s implementation.
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The state health department will offer public, private and charter K-12 schools a screening COVID testing program for the upcoming school year
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The money will be used to help hospitals with staffing and to set up five sites to give antibodies to high-risk patients.
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Younger children, who cannot yet be vaccinated, are among those who may be more susceptible to the more-contagious variant.
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Vaccinations have increased in Missouri's hardest-hit areas but remain far below levels needed to stop COVID-19 from spreading.