There have been no deaths, but at least five Missouri children have been sickened by cinnamon applesauce packets contaminated with lead. The State Department Health and Senior Services (DHSS) said the packets are part of a nationwide recall of apple cinnamon fruit...
Missouri lawmakers and health professionals are wrestling with Missouri’s substance abuse problem. Doug Burgess, an addiction psychiatry professor at UMKC, tells a legislative task force that one of the big challenges health professionals are dealing with is substance...
Flu season and COVID-19 season are in full effect – the weather is starting to get cooler and we’re hearing of new illness strains. Anthony Morabith chats with Lynelle Paro with the Missouri DHSS.
Free meals are being served to children at hundreds of locations in Missouri this summer. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services says the Summer Food Service Program is designed to provide breakfast, lunch, suppers and/or snacks to children living in...
Missouri says youth electronic cigarette use remains an epidemic, with an estimated one in five high schoolers using electronic cigarette products. The state has launched an anti-tobacco campaign to let parents of teens know about the different candy-flavored tobacco...
