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Missouri DHSS introduces new program to help youth quit vaping
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services introduced the “My Life, My Quit” program on Monday to stop teen vaping.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services introduced the “My Life, My Quit” program on Monday to stop teen vaping.
Continue ReadingMonday marks the first day of Columbia’s Summer Lunch Program to help provide students 18 and under with free, healthy lunches while school is not in session.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A naloxone education and distribution event was held Wednesday at The Blue Note in Columbia. Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services staff provided training to those who attended on how to recognize the signs of an opioid overdose and how to administer the nasal spray NARCAN on victims. The event is
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The emergency room at MU Health Care’s Women’s Hospital on Keene Street will close on June 10, according to the hospital’s website. The website states that MU Health Care will have a centralized emergency room at University Hospital and a separate emergency room for children. The centralized emergency room allows access to
Continue ReadingEnvironmental Health workers from the Columbia Boone County Public Health and Human Services Department are inspecting public and private pools across Columbia this week. The Lake of the Woods pool failed an inspection Wednesday.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The grand opening for MU Health Care’s new Children’s Hospital and Birthing Center was held on Wednesday. The invitation-only event featured comments from hospital leadership, as well as University of Missouri System President Mun Choi. The new facility features more than 160 beds, as well as several pediatric specialties among other amenities for
Continue ReadingMay is National Stroke Awareness Month, and one MU Health Care neurosurgeon said Monday that it’s important people act quickly if someone is having a stroke.
Continue ReadingNurse practitioner Dwight Jones with Jefferson City Medical Group says they continue to see most patients coming into their facility with allergies and upper respiratory infections.
Continue ReadingIn many countries, up to 1 in 5 new mothers experience a mood or anxiety disorder. Unfortunately, these conditions often go undiagnosed and untreated due to lack of awareness and stigma, and everyone pays the price.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Nationwide, the Drug Enforcement Agency hosted National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. The event encourages Americans to return unneeded medication as a preventive measure against medication misuse and opioid addiction, according to the DEA website. The DEA collaborated with local and state law enforcement agencies. In Boone County, there were five
Continue ReadingA former Mid-Missouri state representative who dropped out of a state Senate race this week after a second cancer diagnosis wants to make sure people get regular screenings.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care announced in a Thursday press release that it will be opening a new urgent care clinic on Truman Boulevard. The release states that MU Health will close its urgent care location on Eastland Drive on Sunday. The new location – which will be at 3527 West Truman Boulevard,
Continue ReadingA rundown of what’s circulating in Mid-Missouri.
Continue ReadingMEXICO, Mo (KMIZ) Audrain County officials and Boone Health signed a non-disclosure agreement at the Audrain Courthouse Rotunda on Friday afternoon. The agreement allows Boone Health to review the needs of Audrain County to help develop a master plan to get a hospital back in the area that best suits the needs of the community.Â
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 cases of measles have been reported in the United States since the start of the year, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that a rapid rise in cases — significantly more than in recent years — poses a renewed threat to the
Continue ReadingThe US Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules on Tuesday to protect neighborhoods near more than 200 manufacturing facilities that release airborne toxins such as ethylene oxide, chloroprene, benzene, vinyl chloride, 1,3 butadiene and ethylene dichloride.
Continue ReadingA look at the illnesses circulating in Mid-Missouri.
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Flame retardants added for decades to thousands of consumer products in the United States may raise the risk of dying from cancer, according to new research. People with the highest levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, in their blood had approximately a 300% increased risk of dying from
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Chris Jones will be the next Chief Operating Officer of Boone Health, according to a Thursday press release. Jones’ first day will be Monday, April 29, the release says. He is replacing Monica Smith, who left Boone Health on March 1 to take a job in the St. Louis area. The release
Continue ReadingA roundup of illnesses going around Columbia.
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