The race to beat the coronavirus variants, and to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible has intensified a debate in the scientific community about what the best strategy is to end the pandemic. The question at the heart of the debate: would delaying a second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is one step closer to joining 49 other states in creating a database so doctors can catch possible opioid misuse. The Republican-led Senate voted 20-12 in favor of the bill. The vote is significant because the proposal has for years failed to pass that chamber. The purpose of prescription drug
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Evacuation orders near a Tampa-area reservoir where there still is a breach have been lifted, officials said Tuesday. Acting Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes said the situation at the former Piney Point phosphate plant is “very much under control now.” Water from the breach has been routed to an unused retention pond on site that
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Remains found last month at Rock Bridge Memorial State Park are those of a Columbia woman last seen in October 2019.
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BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Resource Management and contractor Corrective Asphalt Materials will begin reclamite surface treatment beginning next Monday at 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day one lane at a time. While a lane is being treated, one-way traffic will be allowed on the opposite lane. No parking will be allowed on
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There has been a worrisome trend emerging in recent weeks: Cases among younger people are rising. In Michigan, hospitalizations among people in their 30s have climbed by over 600%, and those in their 40s by 800%. Average daily cases for children have also risen by over 200%. In Massachusetts, the largest increase in Covid-19 infections
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The economy and public safety are two of the issues candidates are emphasizing in four contested Jefferson City Council races.
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SALINE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) After stopping a vehicle on Monday for a traffic violation, a state trooper found 88 pounds of meth, a gun and $5,505 in cash. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A, a traffic stop occurred on Interstate 70 in Saline County. A probable cause search revealed the meth, gun and
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he plans to nominate former Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan to administrator of the federal General Services Administration. The White House on Tuesday announced Carnahan’s nomination. Carnahan served as Missouri secretary of state from 2005 to 2012. The Democrat previously led a tech consulting office
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Black adults were more likely than their White and Latino/Hispanic counterparts to report having been discriminated against or judged unfairly by a health care provider or their staff in the months leading up to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new analysis finds. The report was released this week by the Urban Institute and the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City massage business calls a civil lawsuit from the Missouri Attorney General “slander and stereotypes against Asians.” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a news release that his office filed four civil lawsuits against illicit massage businesses operating in Missouri, including Blue Lotus Asian Massage Therapy in Cole
Continue Reading Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a new unit within Bureau of Indian Affairs that plans to tackle the decades-long crisis of missing and murdered Native Americans. “Violence against Indigenous peoples is a crisis that has been underfunded for decades,” Haaland said in a statement Thursday. “Far too often, murders and missing persons cases in Indian
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The practice of finding new uses for old medications — called repurposing or repositioning drugs — is not new. The most famous (or perhaps infamous) example is sildenafil — aka: Viagra. Originally developed to treat high blood pressure, the little blue pill received US Food and Drug Administration approval in 1998 to treat erectile dysfunction,
Continue Reading Students at Lake Superior State University have had the unique opportunity to pursue a degree in cannabis chemistry since 2019. Now, they can also get cash to do it. The university in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is offering its first cannabis chemistry scholarship. Steadfast Labs, a cannabis testing facility in Hazel Park, Michigan, is funding
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A class-action civil lawsuit filed in federal court on Monday accuses the Rochester, New York, Police Department (RPD) of racist practices and a “pattern and practice of using excessive force.” The plaintiffs include individuals who claim they were subjected to excessive force and/or falsely arrested during protests over the death of Daniel Prude, who died
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BROWARD, Florida (WFOR) — A ShotSpotter alert has led to the arrest of two convicted felons and the seizure of illegal drugs and a stolen gun. Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony held a news conference on Tuesday morning to explain how the ShotSpotter technology allowed his deputies to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Hundreds of New York City public housing apartments are getting a makeover. It’s part of a public and private initiative to improve the image of affordable housing, CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported Monday. Many public housing tenants have been plagued by rundown kitchens and bathrooms,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALLEN, Texas (KTVT) — A welfare check just before 1 a.m. on April 5 led Allen police to the discovery of six bodies in the 1500 block of Pine Bluff Drive. Police confirmed the identities as 19-year-old twins Farhan and Farbin Towhid, their older brother Tanvir, 21, and
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