by admin | Jul 9, 2004 | Health / Medicine
The State Health Department has started holding public meetings to get public reaction to the goals set by the Missouri Council on Prevention and Management of Overweight and Obesity. It’s a little-known state organization that wants to have a big impact on how...
by admin | Jun 15, 2004 | Health / Medicine
The State Health Department has released its annual fish advisory concerning contamination levels in fish caught in Missouri waterways. The Department releases this advisory every year to remind those at risk of the possible dangers associated with eating certain...
by admin | May 19, 2004 | Health / Medicine
A study by state and federal health officials say it’s safe to live near the nation’s largest lead smelter. A two-year study of people living near the Doe Run Smelter in Herculaneum finds they are not exposed to unhealthy levels of arsenic and cadmium,...
by admin | Apr 29, 2004 | Health / Medicine
Springtime is here … and with hotter days just around the corner we’re being advised to guard against West Nile virus. The virus is carried by mosquitoes which can transmit West Nile through their bites. Doctor Howard Pue with the State Health Department...
by admin | Apr 9, 2004 | News
A new system to help fight infections that people get in hospitals has gotten first-round approval in the State Senate. Senator Sarah Steelman of Rolla says nosocomial infections take 90,000 lives a year. She says her bill is needed so the public has information about...
