Heartland health officials work to vaccinate minority residents
Heartland health officials work to vaccinate minority residents By Noelle Williams | April 10, 2021 at 9:31 PM CDT - Updated April 10 at 10:21 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Three out of ten people in Cape Girardeau have already received one shot according the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center. Now, they are attempting to reach minority residents in the county who may not be getting the message of the importance of the vaccine.
“The benefits far outweigh the risks,” Linda Adkisson, a nurse for the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, said.
Today they partnered with the Salvation Army to administer the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, along with upcoming ones in effort to get more minorities vaccinated.
Cape County Public Health Center: Stop flushing opioids
Cape County Public Health Center: Stop flushing opioids By Noelle Williams | April 9, 2021 at 9:20 PM CDT - Updated April 9 at 10:26 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Properly disposing of unused opioid prescription pills can keep them out of the wrong hands, but flushing them down the toilet can lead to them ending up in your drinking water.
“Unused drugs disposed of, flushed down the toilet, get into the water system,” Georganne Syler said.
Syler is the acting Chairperson for the Board of Trustees at the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center.
She said many people who have opioids often resort to flushing them down the toilet, either out of fear or are advised to. She said these drugs can then get into the water everyone uses.
Cape Girardeau Co. Public Health Center gains public engagement this election
More public engagement with public health center board By Noelle Williams | April 6, 2021 at 9:33 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 10:53 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The ongoing pandemic highlighted the importance of county health centers and their role in public health.
It also created more public engagement the in April 6 Municipal Elections.
“Public health is much more than just one set of services, and it is more than one set of issues,” Jane Wernsman said.
Wernsman is the Director for the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center.
She said the coronavirus ad policies enacted to fight it have created more public interest in the department.
Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout in southeast Missouri
Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout in southeast Missouri By Isabelle Hanson | March 3, 2021 at 6:11 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 8:37 PM
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Health departments across Missouri received the state’s first batch of 50,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
It’s just the start of the state’s rollout of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The Heartland News team called every county’s health department in the southeast region of Missouri. After hearing back from every county’s health department except for St. Francois and Carter, so far the health departments in Pemiscot and Dunklin counties are the only two to receive a shipment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
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