Tag Archives: public health

Have you had the flu? Know someone who has? The current surge is sweeping the nation but not every state is caught up in it. Missouri has escaped the worst outbreaks this ...

Local health officials continue warning about what has become the largest documented tuberculosis outbreak in United States history since the 1950s. Health authorities last week announced two people in the Kansas City ...

For over 30 years, Red No. 3—a synthetic dye banned in cosmetics for its cancer risks—was still allowed in food and medication. Now, that long-standing contradiction is finally being resolved. The FDA ...

Just days after the Biden administration issued a monkeypox public health emergency, the CDC is telling homosexual men to halt sexual activity. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on ...

The Biden administration on Thursday declared Monkeypox a “public health emergency.” But while the disease is spreading, officials confirm it is primarily targeting sexually active homosexual men and those in close physical ...

On Monday, the Missouri Senate will consider the nomination of Donald Kauerauf to be the director of the Department of Health and Senior Services. Kauerauf has been appointed to the position since ...

The battle over mask mandates in Missouri has become a war of words between Attorney General Eric Schmitt and St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones. This week, Schmitt sent letters to local public health ...

As the humanitarian crisis along the southern border grows, disturbing data has been released concerning COVID rates among migrants. Dr. Ivan Melendez, the health authority in Hidalgo County, Texas said “The reality ...

The coronavirus will be “mostly gone” by April, according to a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Professor Martin Makary, who also teaches at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, says ...

The Topeka Police Department now has a new Outreach Vehicle. The Outreach Vehicle will follow the idea of paramedicine, which is the unique intersection of health care, public health and public safety. ...