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A nurse administers a COVID- 19 test in the parking lot of Independence Boulevard Christian Church on Gladstone Blvd.
Vaccination rates in Kansas City, Missouri, and some metro counties are lower than in Joplin, where a Delta-variant surge is driving one of the highest new case rates in the state.
Health experts have blamed the still-growing surge of COVID-19 cases in southwestern Missouri on low vaccinations rates, driven by skepticism about the virus and vaccine safety.
However, vaccinations rates in the Kansas City area are also below the state average, suggesting that the metro area remains at a higher risk of infection than residents might realize.
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Missouri local, former chief of staff writes about George H.W. Bush post-presidency
Some people picked up hobbies during the pandemic, but Jean Becker wrote a book and she said she s thankful to former President George H.W. Bush for that.
by India Garrish
Jul. 13 2021 @ 12:05am
(Contributed photo) Jean Becker, chief of staff to the senior Bush in his post-presidency, published in June “The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post-Presidency,” which details the ups and downs of being a former president from the perspective of a close confidant.
Some people picked up hobbies during the pandemic, but Jean Becker wrote a book and she said she s thankful to former President George H.W. Bush for that.
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The University of Missouri School of Journalism announced today a $1.4 million, three-year grant from the Walton Family Foundation, a leading funder of environmental journalism in the United States, to create the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk a collaborative network of journalists focused on increasing coverage of agriculture, water and environmental issues surrounding one of the world s major river systems.
The needs are vast the Mississippi River Basin covers more than 40% of the continental U.S., stretching east-west from Montana to Pennsylvania and north-south from Minnesota to Louisiana. Millions of people use the river system as their source of drinking water, and more than 90% of agricultural exports in the U.S. are grown there. Pollution, flooding, land use and climate change are some of the major issues across the region.
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