by Anthony Morabith | Oct 20, 2023 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri lawmakers and health professionals are wrestling with Missouri’s substance abuse problem. Doug Burgess, an addiction psychiatry professor at UMKC, tells a legislative task force that one of the big challenges health professionals are dealing with is substance...
by Marshall Griffin | Aug 22, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News
A salmonella outbreak across parts of the United States has been traced to pet turtles. Salmonella cases in eleven states are linked to turtles, including one case in Missouri. There have been no deaths so far, but 26 people have fallen ill and nine hospitalized....
by Alisa Nelson | Dec 13, 2022 | Agriculture, Health / Medicine, News
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in central Missouri’s Osage County. The disease is known to be deadly in domesticated poultry. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has quarantined the affected area, and birds on the...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 2, 2021 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Federal response teams are being formed beginning next week to help Missouri get a hold of its increasing coronavirus cases. A Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) press release says the teams will be made up of health and logistics experts from...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 10, 2021 | Health / Medicine, News
For the first time since March 2020, Missouri’s seven veterans homes are once again accepting applications for new residents. Due to the pandemic, new admissions had not been allowed since then. The state-operated nursing homes caring for veterans are located in...