by admin | Apr 12, 2006 | Health / Medicine
An outbreak of mumps in several Midwestern states has Missouri health officials monitoring developments. But, we’re being told there is no cause for panic in this state. Hundreds of confirmed or suspected cases of mumps have been reported in Iowa, Kansas,...
by admin | Mar 20, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Due to concerns about the accumulation of mercury and other contaminents in fish, the State Health Department advises that women who are pregnant, those who could become pregnant, nursing mothers, and children under 12 years of age should not eat any largemouth bass...
by admin | Mar 17, 2006 | Health / Medicine
Family planning has again become a budget matter in the House. The House Budget Committee had restored funding for family planning, including contraceptives, in the proposed $21 billion state budget. Family planning had been removed from the budget in 2003 when...
by admin | Jan 16, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Health-related budget proposals put forward by Governor Matt Blunt are welcomed with open arms by the Director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Julie Eckstein is pleased that after last year’s tightening of the belts, there is a little...
by admin | Dec 9, 2005 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
The federal government wants Missouri to have a summit meeting to get ready for a bird flu epidemic. The state health department is not sure it needs that meeting. The Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D. C. thinks all 50 states need to have a...
