Imagine a profession that not only understands the heartbeat of a community but actively works to improve its health. That’s the essence of a…
In the United States, we spend more on prescription drugs than citizens of any other country in the world, and these high prices are…
Today, Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) announced a 20-year commitment to transform the food system in momentous pursuit of systems change. The new initiative…
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) more than a decade ago, Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH), along with thousands of advocates…
With all that we’ve endured over the past two years with the pandemic, it may have been easy to forget how, prior to COVID,…
Bringing a new baby home can be a time that passes in a happy blur for most families. Weeks of lost sleep and teething…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Molly Crisp Missouri Foundation for Health (314) 345-5579 mcrisp@mffh.org New Survey Finds Majority of Missourians Worry About High Health…
Missouri’s health and social safety nets were hanging by a thread even before the pandemic. This is nothing new. Nursing and doctor shortages result…
When I started my job at MFH in the summer of 2014, I was pregnant. That year was one of the happiest of my…
I remember how excited my parents were when they learned I was going to have a sister. They were young — 21 and 24.…
Women have long been discriminated against, and while progress has been made, we are now at a point where our reproductive rights are under…
In retrospect, I was just lucky — I was 6 years old on January 22, 1973. By virtue of my birth year, I have…