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Pediatricians on alert: Childhood vaccinations decline at alarming rate The pandemic has forced many families to miss their kids' routine check-ups, which means they're missing those routine vaccinations for highly contagious diseases Author: Allie Corey Updated: 7:09 AM CST March 3, 2021 ST. LOUIS — COVID-19 isn't the only thing schools are concerned about when kids return full-time. The pandemic has forced many families to miss their kids' routine check-ups, which in turn means they're missing those routine vaccinations for highly contagious diseases like m...

By Caitlin King & Columbia Missourian • Jan 29, 2021 JEFFERSON CITY — A bill to further regulate tobacco products and modify the Clean Air Act was read to the Committee for Seniors, Families, Veterans & Military Affairs Wednesday morning. Sponsored by Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, Senate Bill 124 would reaffirm the 2019 Tobacco 21 federal law that raises the legal age to purchase “certain tobacco, alternative nicotine or vapor products” to 21 years old. The Clean Air Act would now include vapor products such as electronic cigarettes and vapor cartridges in the d...