by admin | Oct 20, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
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...
by Alisa Nelson | May 18, 2023 | Health / Medicine, News
New federal data shows the number of drug overdose deaths in Missouri remained virtually the same in 2022 compared to the previous year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say Missouri reported nearly 2,200 drug overdose deaths last year. According to...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 31, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri does not plan to follow the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending less COVID-19 testing. The new CDC guideline says people exposed to someone who has tested positive for the virus “do not necessarily need a test” unless they...
by admin | Jan 30, 2020 | News
Mosaic Life Care in northwest Missouri’s St. Joseph will begin screening for the coronavirus, which has caused more than 100 deaths in China. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed five cases in the United States and is keeping track of 110...
