Child seriously hurt after bicycle crashes with pickup truck in Audrain County
A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized after crashing his bicycle into a pickup truck Saturday afternoon.
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The Covid pandemic is highlighting men’s mental health and how they can seek help
Irish musician and mental health advocate Niall Breslin was standing alone in a coffee shop in March when he was approached by an elderly man. After some brief small talk, the man made a surprisingly intimate admission to Breslin. He was deeply lonely. His wife had passed away a few years before, and the pandemic
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5 things to know about the ‘conundrum’ of lupus
Lupus is unpredictable, triggering different symptoms in different patients. A chronic illness, it can even attack many different parts of the body. The condition is an autoimmune disease, which means that a person’s immune system—the body system that usually fights infections—attacks healthy tissue instead. It can cause inflammation and pain anywhere in a patient’s body.
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‘We eat and drink from garbage’
Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — Khadija Khreiss has the equivalent of 35 cents in her wallet today. Tomorrow, she may have nothing. Four streets away, Ahmad Chibly is penniless. Behind him a Ferris wheel, its once gaudy paint now faded, stands tall against Beirut’s Mediterranean coastline. It is a hot, spring day during Ramadan, when practicing
Continue Reading One school district wooed parents and students back with pandemic safety demos
Five days a week, Charlene Brown sends her 11-year-old daughter Nevaeh Bailey to a brick-and-mortar school to learn, in person, in the classroom. As well as being reassured that Nevaeh is getting educated and socializing with her peers, it means that Brown is able to go to work herself. “I work as a physician office
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Columbia Board of Education to discuss changes to recording IEP meetings
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Public Schools Board of Education will discuss revisions to Policy KKB during it’s meeting Monday night. Policy KKB currently prohibits visual or audio recording on district property unless authorized. Last year, the board discussed the policy, but did not make any changes. Many parents and students had come forward to
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Missouri legislature works to finalize bills ahead of Friday deadline
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri’s Legislative Session ends Friday at 6 p.m, creating a deadline for bills to become laws in the state. This includes Senate Bill 262, which is set for a third reading Monday. The Missouri transportation investment bill, or Senate Bill 262, would be the first funding increase for Missouri since the 1990’s,
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5 things to know for May 10: Covid, Biden, pipeline hack, gun violence, Afghanistan
Interest in the field of public health has risen since the pandemic started. Many hope this means our global tragedy has moved students to work toward a better future. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know
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It may be time to relax indoor face mask mandates, Fauci says
Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal guidance on wearing face coverings indoors may change soon. Sunday on ABC News, Fauci was asked whether it’s time to start relaxing indoor masks requirements. Fauci replied, “I think so, and I think you’re going to probably be seeing that as we go along, and as more people get vaccinated.”
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Childhood obesity, high blood pressure, cholesterol linked to poor cognitive performance in mid-30s and beyond
Having cardiovascular risk factors from childhood to adulthood is linked to poor cognitive performance in a person’s 30s, 40s and 50s, according to new research that followed children over three decades. Researchers said the study was the first to highlight the impact of lifelong cardiovascular risk factors on the brain at midlife. The more cardiovascular
Continue Reading The weapons seizure so big it covered the rear deck of a 567-foot US warship
A joint US Navy and Coast Guard team seized thousands of illicit weapons last week after stopping a small ship in the North Arabian Sea, the Navy said in a statement. The cruiser USS Monterey stopped the stateless dhow on May 6 during a routine operation to verify its registry, the Navy said. A US
Continue Reading Indian American doctors pitch in with free telehealth advice during India’s Covid-19 crisis
As the coronavirus crisis in India spirals out of control and its health care system crumbles, the Indian diaspora in the US is pitching in to help. Sitting thousands of miles away, unable to be there physically to help and feeling the grief and desperation of their loved ones back home, Indian American doctors provided
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Former chief doctor at Russian hospital that treated Navalny is missing
The former chief physician of the Siberian hospital where jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer has gone missing, Russian state media TASS reported on Sunday. Alexander Murakhovsky is the current regional Health Minister of the Omsk region – promoted in November last year to the position – after
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6 people were killed at a Colorado Springs birthday party. The suspected shooter is also dead
Six people were killed in a shooting early Sunday morning during a birthday party at a Colorado Springs, Colorado, mobile home, according to police. The suspected shooter — believed to be a boyfriend of one of the victims — is also dead, police said. Colorado Springs police received a call about a shooting just before
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Two Arizona wildfires prompt evacuations and scorch more than 6,000 acres
Two wildfires in Arizona have prompted evacuations and scorched more than 6,000 acres amid hot, dry and windy conditions. A brush fire that broke out Friday east of Phoenix, Arizona, has grown to 2,650 acres, according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Management. The Copper Canyon Fire was about 35% contained as of
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Arizona’s Copper Canyon Fire grows to 2,650 acres
A brush fire that broke out Friday east of Phoenix, Arizona, has grown to 2,650 acres, according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Management. The Copper Canyon Fire was about 35% contained as of Sunday night, the department said on Twitter. Fire crews are focused on monitoring the blaze’s southern and western edges,
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Hundreds party in Spain as coronavirus curfew ends in most of the country
Hundreds of people were seen partying in several cities across Spain in the early hours of Sunday, as the country ended its 11 p.m. curfew, which was lifted in 13 of the country’s 17 regions at midnight. Footage was shared of people taking to the beaches of Barcelona and the streets of Madrid to celebrate
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should the state legislature establish Rush Limbaugh Day in Missouri?
Last week the Missouri House approved a proposal to designate Jan. 12 as Rush Limbaugh Day.
Continue Reading China blames the US for hyping fears of uncontrolled rocket reentry as space race heats up
For a week, China’s Long March 5B grabbed global attention, as space agencies and experts closely tracked its trajectory, speculating where debris would fall upon the rocket’s uncontrolled reentry. In China, however, the country’s space administration stayed silent for days amid criticism that allowing such a large rocket stage to free fall towards Earth was
Continue Reading French pilot files legal complaint alleging being tied up on firing range during explosions as hazing ritual
A French pilot has filed a legal complaint for “aggravated voluntary violence” and “endangering someone’s life” alleging colleagues in the French Air Force tied him to a target and ordered fighter jets to open fire around him in a “hazing ritual,” his lawyer Frédéric Berna told CNN on Saturday. The complaint filed this week in
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