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Group Proposing Cigarette Tax Completes Signature Drive
The group collecting signatures to put a 55-cent-per-pack cigarette tax on the November ballot...
Bond Calls On HHS To Investigate Pharmacy Regulations
Senator Bond wants the federal Health and Human Services Department to investigate the case of...
Meningitis Strikes Again At Fort Leonard Wood
Another case of meningitis has turned up at Fort Leonard Wood in South Central Missouri. It's the...
Meningitis Outbreak Moves Special Olympics From Fort Leonard Wood
The Special Olympics, which have been held in May at Fort Leonard Wood for 26 years, will not be...
Fourth Menengitis Case Identified At Fort Leonard Wood
Another case of menengitis has been discovered at Fort Leonard Wood in central Missouri. It's the...
House Votes To Extend Health Insurance Program For Children
A state run health insurance program for children would be extended for five years under a bill...
Concerns Expressed Over Doe Run Buy-Out
Some frustration is being expressed as the second phase of the Doe Run Company buy-out in...
Doe Run Settlement Expected To Cost $11-Million
A buy-out plan for families living around the lead smelter in Herculaneum could cost the Doe Run...
Researchers In St. Louis Study Osteoporosis In Children
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are conducting a study on osteoporosis in...
Secretary Apologizes For Conditions At K.C. V.A. Hospital
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs has apologized to Kansas City-area veterans for conditions found...
12-Year-Old Boy Dies At Fort Leonard Wood
A 12-year old boy has died at Fort Leonard Wood after showing signs he might have had meningitis....
SLU Researchers Release Details Of Study Stretching Smallpox Vaccine
Research at Saint Louis University has resulted in welcome news for those concerned about a...
Children’s Advocacy Group Calls For Changes In Mental Health Laws
Members of a group wanting a change in the state's laws regarding mental health services for...
Health Department Releases Consumer’s Hospital Guide
The State Health Department is out with its 2002 Consumer's Guide to Hospital Surgery Volume - a...
E-Coli Scare Prompts Meat Recall In Southwest Missouri
A southwest Missouri meat processing company has recalled about 2,800 pounds of ground beef...
Drug Prescription Enrollment For Seniors Begins
Governor Bob Holden and Lieutenant Governor Joe Maxwell have launched enrollment for the state's...
Doe Run Agreement Will Allow Homeowners To Leave Contaminated Area
160 homeowners living near the country's biggest lead smelter in Herculaneum will be offered a...
Contamination Warning For Water Issued In Jefferson County
Eighteen homeowners living hear an abandoned nuclear fuel plant in Jefferson County have been...
Bond Pushes For Herculaneum Health Study
Senator Bond is pushing for a study of the long-term effects of lead on children in Herculaneum,...
Coalition Aims To Put Cigarette Tax On November Ballot
Missourians will be asked in a few weeks to put a big cigarette tax increase on the November...
Springfield Exec In Running For Invention Of The Year
A Springfield health care executive has come up with one of the top five inventions of the year,...
Missouri Gets Good Grade On Tracking Health Problems
A national health advocacy organiation gives Missouri a "B" in tracking health problems that could...
Effort Launched To Lower Age For Bone Marrow Donations
Missouri's age limit for bone marrow donation is being challenged by a St. Louis teenager who says...
Number Of TB Cases Falls In 2001
Last year, tuberculosis cases in Missouri fell to the lowest level since the state began keeping...
Legislative Committee Considers Emergency Health Powers
A proposal to enhance state emergency health powers is being considered at the State Capitol. A...
No New TB Confirmations In New Melle School
Officials and students at a St. Louis area elementary school are feeling as though they dodged a...
Lawmakers Wrestle with HMO Changes
A proposal to end the need for Missourians to change doctors whenever they change HMOs is under...
Magazine Ranks Kansas City And St. Louis Among Fattest Cities
A list of the fattest cities in America ranks Kansas City 17th in the country. Men's Fitness had...
Dempsey Steps Down As Health Department Director
Missouri Health Department Director Doctor Maureen Dempsey has announced her resignation. Dempsey,...