Najifa Farhat
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Missouri gets more than $45 million federal grant to strengthen rural health care (opens the original)
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Missouri is receiving more than $45 million in federal funding to upgrade rural hospitals, expand access to behavioral and maternal health care and strengthen the rural emergency medical services workforce. The funding comes through the Rural Health Transformation Program, a federal program created to help states improve health care in rural communities, according to a press release on Tuesday. About $35 million will support 20 rural hospital projects across Missouri. The money will go toward fa
Missouri outdoor workers face growing heat risks with federal protections in flux (opens the original)
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Kevin Morris, a construction supervisor in Columbia, was working with his crew on a new gas station in early September as temperatures reached 94 degrees and a heat warning was in effect. Morris said the combination of heat and humidity makes long workdays physically and mentally exhausting. “This summer has been miserable," Morris said. "It's hot. It just feels worse than what it normally gets. The dry heat is tolerable. But the humidity and the wind — it's not a breeze, it's just blowing hot a
Missouri drought conditions spread as fall approaches (opens the original)
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After heavy rains earlier this year helped pull much of Missouri out of drought, dry conditions are returning to parts of the state as fall approaches. About 41% of Missouri is now classified as abnormally dry, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The Bootheel has experienced some of the state’s most persistent drought conditions. But dry conditions have spread into parts of north-central and southwestern Missouri. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources says the combination of drought an
Socially Transmitted: Is raw milk safe to drink? (opens the original)
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Becky: From the KBIA Health & Wealth Desk, I’m Rebecca Smith. It’s time for our monthly series, Socially Transmitted, where we take a deep dive into the science behind online health trends and claims. This month we are taking a look at raw milk. My colleague Najifa Farhat looked into the issue, but before we get into the actual health questions, Najifa — I hear the term thrown around a lot, but what actually IS raw milk? Najifa: Raw milk is simply a milk that humans drink without pasteurizing it
Report: 85 percent of Missouri recreational waterways have fecal contamination | Jefferson City News-Tribune (opens the original)
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A new report finds potentially unsafe levels of fecal contamination at 85 percent of monitored recreational waterways in Missouri, raising concerns for people swimming, boating and spending time in the state's rivers, lakes and streams. The Environment America Research & Policy Center analyzed water quality data from the National Water Quality Monitoring Council's Water Quality Portal collected in 2024 and 2025. Researchers examined 202 monitoring locations across Missouri and found potentially
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