College Towns Hit Census Pothole With Coronavirus

By | April 22, 2020 |
Russ Hall at Pittsburg State University

If you want to drive home to college students the importance of filling out the census, you might want to focus on driving home. Brittan Brenner has gained that bit of wisdom as a community development specialist with the city of Pittsburg, Kansas. That thought was not top of mind even a couple years ago…

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Add It to the List: Missouri Schools Now Require New Vaccine for 8th- and 12th-Graders

By | July 21, 2016 |
Until recently, there was no vaccine available in the US to help protect against meningococcal group B, one of the most prevalent types of meningococcal meningitis in the US. Leslie Meigs, meningococcal meningitis survivor and vaccination advocate, joins her brother Andrew (18) as he receives vaccination with Bexsero®, a meningococcal group B vaccine approved by the FDA for ages 10-25 in January. Bexsero is administered in two doses to help protect against the devastating disease, however is not expected to cover all group B strains. Bexsero is approved in more than 36 countries. For more information visit www.Bexsero-US.com. (Jack Plunkett/AP Images for Novartis Vaccines)

Summer vacation is almost over, and Missouri parents will want to put those back-to-school vaccinations on the radar, especially with a new requirement for thousands of students around the state. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is now requiring incoming eighth- and 12th-graders to be protected against four strains of meningococcal disease, which…

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