A Salmonella outbreak has health officials in Missouri keeping a close watch. For most people, Salmonella causes several days of gastrointestinal symptoms, but it can become much more serious. Missouri State Epidemiologist Nathan Koffarnus joins Show Me Today to...
We’ve all seen the headlines about Cyclospora, the parasite behind what’s being called “explosive diarrhea.” While that certainly grabs your attention, there’s a lot more to this story than an uncomfortable illness. Where does this...
If you think fentanyl is the most dangerous drug Missouri is dealing with right now, health leaders say there’s something even stronger showing up across the state. Nitazenes: a powerful synthetic opioid now being detected statewide, often without users realizing it....
Two Missouri residents have come down with clade I mpox – making them the first known cases in Missouri and the thirteenth and fourteenth cases nationally. The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) says both people are adults and the cases are unrelated to...
A state audit says Missouri’s marijuana program has what it calls significant flaws in the application and scoring design process. State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said the flaws undermined “blind scoring” due to inconsistencies. “I give credit...
