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Over half of states have rolled back public health powers during the pandemic, which experts say permanently weakens states’ abilities to protect their constituents’ health.

Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon believes that covid-19 vaccinations, especially among children, should cease until the long-term effects are known.

The Kansas City, Missouri, Health Department has appointed Dr. Marvia Jones as its newest director. Dr. Jones currently oversees violence prevention and community education around COVID-19 mitigation efforts for the city and will be replacing Rex Archer, who retired in August after 23 years.

Kansas City, Missouri, has selected a new director for its municipal health department. The city announced Friday that Dr. Marvia Jones, who previously served as the violence prevention and policy manager for the department, will succeed Dr. Rex Archer.

Jones takes over leadership of Kansas City's health department as COVID-19 cases run high, and as Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt challenges the authority of local health agencies to issue mitigation orders.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — After Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sent threatening letters last week to health departments and school districts statewide demanding they drop their COVID-19 mitigation orders, a

In January 2020, people weren't nearly as familiar with COVID-19 as they are now, more than a year and a half into the pandemic. But the deadly coronavirus was already present in the wider Kansas City-area as early as January 2020.

Students across the Kansas City area are gearing up to return to the classroom, but local health officials are worried schools could turn into "hot boxes for infection."

Vaccination rates have slowed as the Delta variant becomes the prominent variant throughout the U.S. Fears mount as COVID-19 numbers continue to climb across Missouri, and a local cannabis company is the first Black-owned brand to be sold at a dispensary in the state. Segment 1, beginning at 1:00: A recent mask recommendation by the Kansas City Health Department signals that the pandemic is far from over. The more contagious Delta variant spread rapidly through unvaccinated communities in south...

WSJ. Yet eight of nine managers who earned too much to qualify for the pay received it anyway, WSJ reported, citing records it obtained. A trio of top managers collectively received more than $40,000. Thats despite agency emails showing the managers were repeatedly told they didnt qualify for the hazard pay. A March report by WSJ prompted the agency to begin its own investigation, and New Jersey has since recovered improper payments to some of the senior managers involved. WSJ further repor...