by admin | Oct 24, 2007 | Health / Medicine
Fears are mounting about a strain of antibiotic-resistant staph infections, but a spokesman with the State Health Department says we shouldn’t panic. Eddie Hedrick with the Health Department wants to raise awareness about how to prevent staph infections,...
by admin | Sep 27, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Governor Blunt wants to see if cooperation between state government and faith-based agencies can be expanded. Missouri government has around 2,300 contracts with both faith and community based agencies. State government relies on them to provide services such as care...
by admin | Sep 20, 2007 | Health / Medicine
A new, $32 million dollar state health lab has been dedicated in Jefferson City. It is a high-tech, upgraded facility will serve both the state and the nation. Plans for a new lab began in 1998, five years after the old lab was under water in the great flood of...
by admin | Sep 19, 2007 | Health / Medicine
A confirmed human death from West Nile Virus has state health officials issuing warnings about the disease. Karen Yates with the State Health Department says a human death from West Nile is very rare. Yates points out the vast majority of people infected never even...
by admin | Sep 11, 2007 | Politics / Govt
A federal judge promises a ruling by September 24th on the court challenge to Missouri’s latest anti-abortion law. Planned Parenthood and a St. Louis-area abortion provider say the law will force closure of three facilities that do legal abortions in...
