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Posts Tagged ‘Public Health’

Missouri Attorney General Tells Schools, Health Departments to End COVID Orders

By | December 7, 2021 | 0
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks to a gathering of Missouri Highway Patrol officers in April 2021.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt instructed school districts and local public health departments to immediately stop enforcing health orders a judge ruled unconstitutional last month, and warned Tuesday they may face legal action if they fail to do so.

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curiousKC | Be Part of How We Report on Housing and Homelessness

By | October 4, 2021 | 0
During October, curiousKC focuses on housing and homelessness. (Flatland)

During October, curiousKC is your platform to send all questions you have about housing and homelessness.

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Study: More than 80% of Missouri, 60% of Kansas Kids Have Lead in Their Blood

By | September 30, 2021 | 0
Girl getting water at a sink.

A massive national study published in JAMA Pediatrics this week found that the majority of children in Missouri and Kansas had lead in their blood.

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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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