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...
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...
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...
Gov. Mike Parson says this week’s state-organized COVID-19 mass vaccination events have been canceled. A press release from Parson’s office says extreme winter weather has led to the change. “Missouri is experiencing severe winter weather that makes driving dangerous...
The state Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) says an adult in northeast Missouri’s Marion County has the state’s first confirmed case of a COVID-19 variation initially detected in the United Kingdom. A press release from DHSS says the version, known as...
