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With the fourth-highest number of firearm deaths in the country, Missouri needs to have a conversation about guns. The Missouri Foundation for Health is "convening" with journalists and other "communicators" on May 1 to discuss the need to focus their coverage of firearm injuries and death more as a health-related issue with health-related solutions – including root causes.
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A sweeping surge of hospitalizations arose from the wave of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, and while parts of the country have recently seen a decline in cases, areas of the South and Midwest, particularly rural areas where Omicron surges were delayed, have still seen case numbers and hospitalizations growing significantly.
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Meanwhile, Kansas officials say hospital data may be delayed due to the sudden shift.