by Ashley Byrd | Apr 27, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Coronavirus cases in Missouri: 7,171 Deaths: 288 Missouri’s businesses, churches, and other public gathering places can open starting on May 4, 2020, with some restrictions. Towns and counties that have stricter orders will be allowed to do what they need,...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 14, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The resiliency of Missouri’s hospitals and healthcare workers is being tested in ways we’ve never seen before, according to Herb Kuhn, president and CEO of the Missouri Hospital Association. To battle against the coronavirus outbreak, they have stopped doing elective...
by Ashley Byrd | Mar 13, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
As of this posting, two Missourians have tested positive for the coronavirus out of 73 tested. Others are being triaged through clinics, healthcare providers, telemedicine, and hospitals. The burden on hospitals at this time is checking, testing and treating...
by admin | Mar 4, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A congressman who represents 30 counties in southern Missouri has seen five hospital closings in his sprawling district since 2016. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, describes the rural hospital closures as unacceptable. “Just because you live in a zip code...
by admin | Aug 7, 2019 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
(News director Tony Abati at Missourinet Nevada affiliate KNEM contributed to this story) Voters in southwest Missouri’s Nevada have voted to increase their taxes to save their hospital. Tuesday’s half-cent sales tax ballot measure was approved by 89...
