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Shutdown likely to halt food aid for 42 million, including 650,000 Missourians
A “SNAP welcomed here” sign is seen at the entrance to a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon (Getty Images). WASHINGTON — More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk of losing food assistance Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or…
New report ranks states on climate-related health risks, clean energy policies
People try to stay cool on the sweltering streets of Manhattan in July. A new report ranks states on extreme weather and air quality risks. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Vermont, New York, Washington, New Jersey and Maine have the best combination of relatively low environmental risks and robust environmental policies, according to a report…
Families worry as cost of autism therapy comes under state scrutiny
Children are pictured at an Autism Speaks Light it Up Blue Autism Awareness Celebration at Chicago Children’s Museum in April 2017. State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for applied behavior analysis, an intensive therapy for children with autism. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Autism Speaks) State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for…
US Senate health committee leaders question CDC tumult
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan leaders of a U.S. Senate committee dealing with health policy expressed alarm with the direction of the country’s top public health agencies after President Donald Trump fired the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other high-level officials resigned. Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy — chairman of the Health,…
More than 500 Missourians await court-ordered mental health services, languishing in jails
Missouri Department of Mental Health Director Valerie Huhn testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday (Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent). The number of Missourians waiting in jail for services from the state’s mental health department continues to rise, with a backlog of more than 500 people with stalled cases. None of the people on the wait list…