A Republican state lawmaker wants to create a dementia services coordinator in the Department of Health and Senior Services. Anthony Morabith chats with Sen. Travis Fitzwater, R-Holts Summit, on Senate Bill 410. He says the effort will help coordinate information...
The number of kindergarten students in Missouri who are not vaccinated continues to grow. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said roughly 9% of all public school kindergarteners in the state did not get the MMR shot to protect against measles, mumps...
A new state report shows from 2017 to 2021, 349 women died in Missouri during or after giving birth. The report, released by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said the leading underlying cause of death during childbirth was heart problems,...
Missouri’s first human case of avian influenza, or H5 bird flu, has been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says the unidentified patient who tested positive also has underlying medical...
Over 14,000 people have died from drug overdose in Missouri between 2016 and 2023. Drug overdose is the number one cause of death among adults age 18-44 in Missouri. Those are not just another statistic, said Paula Nickelson, Director of the Department of Health and...
