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Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19’

Once Upon a Time in Missouri: Republican Attorney General Backed Mandatory Vaccination

By | September 14, 2021 | 0
Mark Kirchhoff, left, a volunteer with Columbia Project Homeless Connect, speaks July 29, 2021 with Taylor Knoth, a public health nurse, at the registration table for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic.

During a 1921 smallpox outbreak in Kansas City, the state health board required vaccine passports to board trains. The case is pertinent in today’s COVID-19 vaccine debate.

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curiousKC | Waitlists, Closures and Access: Waning Child Care Support Burdens Working Parents

By | September 13, 2021 | 0
Sandy Thornhill is a working mom, an entreprenuer and doula in Kansas City. Childcare access has been an issue, she said, so she's had to pivot. Photo by Daniel Videtich during the 2020 Kansas City George Floyd protest. (Contributed)

During the pandemic, many daycare and childcare centers shut down. So, how are working parents being supported now?

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COVID Cases Among Children Rising as Missouri Delta Variant Wave Enters Fifth Month

By | September 1, 2021 | 0
MU Health Care opened a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Walsworth Club at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. on Jan. 25, 2020.

One effect of the Delta variant wave is that children are a much larger share of recent COVID-19 cases, just as the school year begins.

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Two-thirds of Kansas’ 25 Largest Public School Districts Adopt Mask Mandates

By | August 25, 2021 | 0
Heather King, a nurse and mother of a 9-year-old daughter, supported the Johnson County Commissions public health order requiring children from pre-K to sixth grade to wear masks indoor at school.

Two-thirds of elected school boards responsible for the 25 largest public school districts in Kansas imposed some form of an indoor masking mandate in response to the spread of COVID-19.

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Mental Health on Campus: University Counselors Seeing Fewer Clients, But More Often

By | August 19, 2021 | 0
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a mixed impact on mental health services on college campuses. Fewer students are reaching out for help, but those who do are seeing counselors more frequently.

College mental health counselors saw fewer clients, at least initially, during the COVID-19 pandemic. But clients sought help more frequently.

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