Public Health

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks to a gathering of Missouri Highway Patrol officers in April 2021.

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

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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During October, curiousKC focuses on housing and homelessness. (Flatland)

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

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

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Girl getting water at a sink.

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

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

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

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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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 Kansas’ 25 Largest Public School Districts Adopt Mask Mandates

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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