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December 2021

Healthy Kids

A third of US kids lack good and consistent health insurance — ScienceDaily

In a concerning trend for the health of U.S. children, the rate of underinsured youngsters rose from 30.6{b574a629d83ad7698d9c0ca2d3a10ad895e8e51aa97c347fc42e9508f0e4325d} to 34{b574a629d83ad7698d9c0ca2d3a10ad895e8e51aa97c347fc42e9508f0e4325d} — an additional 2.4 million kids — from 2016 to 2019, according to an analysis led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers. In the study, published today in…

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More MO health departments stop COVID effort after AG threat

A Kansas City Health Department worker tests a resident for COVID-19 during an event last year. Following a letter from Attorney General Eric Schmitt, several health departments in rural Missouri counties have halted their COVID-19 response work. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com A growing number of local health departments across Missouri are…