The trio of COVID-19, influenza and RSV make this holiday season especially tricky to plan for. What can you do to prepare if you plan to travel or be around large groups of people?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are set to consider authorizing a new “bivalent” vaccine as early as this week. The Platte County Health Department is preparing for the new shot by assessing community needs.
COVID-19 infections are down, but so are vaccinations and now one health department in the Kansas City area is taking a different approach that includes saying goodbye to its mass clinic.
County health departments across Missouri are scrambling to interpret a letter Tuesday from Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt regarding mask and vaccine mandates.
With the World Health Organization naming the latest COVID-19 variant on Friday, local doctors and public health officials say it’s too early to say how this particular strain will impact the metro.