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Study: 74% of Missourians Ban Smoking in Their Homes

Do you allow people to smoke in your home? What about in your car?

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Local Health Officials Remain Cautious About Coronavirus

Infectious diseases specialist Dr. Nirav Patel at Saint Louis University Hospital says hospital officials are being vigilant here...

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St. Louis County Prepares for Potentially Dangerous West Nile Season

Last year was a banner year both for the sheer number of mosquitos and for the number carrying West Nile Virus but this year will...

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Koster: Landfill Smoldering Being Watched Closely

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster was in St. Louis to announce an agreement with Republic Services, operators of the...

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Some Discouraged From Prostate Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines

The American Urological Association now supports new guidelines which state routine screening is no longer recommended for men who are at average risk for the disease.

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Weather Postpones Drilling at Burning Bridgeton Landfill

Republic Services says it will remove six concrete columns from the landfill, which will make the smell worse for about two weeks.

Be Brave Bridgeton; This Week The Smell Gets Worse

Hundreds of Bridgeton residents are waking up in hotels this morning. Their homes are near the smelly Bridgeton landfill where an underground fire can’t be contained. The odor will be even worse this week while [...]

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Environmental Group: Bridgeton Landfill Data Isn’t Being Released

“Could you please tell everybody what we’re breathing in now so we can kind of gauge what ‘worse’ might be?”

Dr. Mark Flinn

Study Finds Testosterone Spike After Defeat of Rivals

when men compete against friends, whether they win or lose, their testosterone levels don’t change very much. When they face rivals, that all changes.

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Mo. Bill Would Limit Lawsuits Over Lead Contamination

The measure would exempt the Doe Run Resources Corp. from punitive damages if the court determines the company is making a “good faith” effort to clean up the contaminated sites.

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Missouri Medicaid Director, Ian McCaslin, Out of a Job

The department provided no elaboration about the method by which McCaslin was replaced nor the reasons why he is leaving.

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Antibiotics May Relieve Back Pain Symptoms

Taking antibiotics could relieve symptoms of chronic lower back pain, according to a new study.

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Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy: Q&A

Mutations in certain genes raise the risk of breast cancer by as much as 80 percent, experts say.

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Confused By Health Care Marketplaces? Help Is Coming

Under the Affordable Care Act, people and small businesses will be able to purchase insurance through a Marketplace.

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