by admin | Apr 28, 2009 | Health / Medicine
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is working with the health and medicalcommunity throughout Missouri and the U.S. to monitor the swine flu. Spokesman Brian Quinn says rightnow, everyone is in the preparedness stage, and that "While...
by admin | Apr 25, 2009 | Health / Medicine
A Warren County resident is being treated after contracting measles while attending a recent youth conference in Maryland. The State Health Department says meeting organizers are working with public health officials to notify everyone who attended the meeting of the...
by admin | Apr 22, 2009 | Health / Medicine
Pertussis, or whooping cough, is hitting a cyclic peak. Pertussis is the "P" in the D-P-T vaccinations most babies get.However, that vaccine can wear off after a while and Missouri is seeinga 365 percent increase in the infection this year. How do you know...
by admin | Mar 15, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Abortion regulations in Missouri would be tightened under a bill passing the House and headed for the Senate. HCS HB 46 & 434 , sponsored by Rep. Bryan Pratt (R-Blue Springs), does two things: it enhances Missouri’s informed consent law and creates the crime...
by admin | Feb 4, 2009 | Health / Medicine
A report by the American Lung Association gives Missouri straight Fs for the third year in a row on the State of Tobacco Control Report Card. And it’s not just because Missourians smoke more than other Americans. Victoria Warren is the Program Coordinator for...
