State Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) is a vocal supporter of Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s (R) call for an immediate 8.7 percent pay raise for state employees. …
Read More »DHSS: heat and humidity can place a lot of stress on your body
State health officials say air conditioning is the best preventive measure for you to battle the heat and humidity. The National Weather Service (NWS) has extended the …
Read More »Free hepatitis and HIV testing Thursday at Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City
The state health department will be conducting free rapid hepatitis C and HIV testing today (Thursday) at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. The event will take …
Read More »Missouri’s new health director has served at DHSS for more than 22 years
A key figure in Missouri’s COVID response efforts is the state’s new acting health director. Governor Mike Parson has named Paula Nickelson of Fulton as the state …
Read More »Missouri’s governor says COVID numbers are trending in right direction
Missouri’s governor says COVID numbers are dropping significantly across the state. Governor Mike Parson tells Capitol reporters that since the Omicron variant peaked in January, daily cases …
Read More »Missouri’s new acting health director to be announced Tuesday afternoon
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) will have a new acting director this afternoon. Governor Mike Parson has called a noon press conference at …
Read More »(AUDIO): State Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) appears live on 939 the Eagle’s “Gary Nolan show”
State Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) led the opposition to Governor Mike Parson’s (R) nomination of Don Kauerauf as the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services …
Read More »DHSS plans four February COVID testing events in Columbia
High transmission of COVID across mid-Missouri and the entire state has prompted state health officials to add additional free testing sites across the state. The Missouri Department …
Read More »DHSS: More than 1.1 million Missourians have received third COVID dose
State health officials say an average of more than 15,000 COVID vaccine doses have been administered each day during the past week. While he opposes mandates, Governor …
Read More »DHSS: 61 percent of Missourians have received their first dose of COVID vaccine
State health officials say Tuesday marked the first full year of safe and effective COVID vaccines being administered in Missouri. The state Department of Health and Senior …
Read More »Columbia’s school board to discuss COVID plan at Monday’s meeting
Columbia’s school board will be discussing the district’s coronavirus plan on Monday night, and may also discuss some optional COVID vaccine clinics for CPS students that will …
Read More »More than 550,00 Missouri children ages 5-11 now eligible for COVID vaccinations
Missouri health officials have adopted the CDC’s recommendation for children ages 5-11 to receive the Pfizer COVID vaccine. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) …
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