Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
2006 News Release Archive

 

12.22.06

Help Long-Term Care Residents Celebrate the Holiday

12.19.06

State Health Department Reports Season's First Confirmed Flu Case

12.15.06

Department of Health and Senior Services Denies Licenses to Anderson Guest Home and Related Facilities

12.13.06

Statement by the Missouri Departments of Health and Senior Services and Mental Health

12.12.06

State Receives High Marks on National Preparedness Report

12.05.06

State Health Department Tells Employees in Evacuated Buildings to Report for Work Wednesday

12.04.06

State Health Department Notifies Employees in Evacuated Buildings About Reporting for Work Tuesday

12.04.06

Health Department Evacuates Three Buildings Due to Heavy Snow Concerns

12.01.06

State Health Department Warns of Safety Issues Related to Recent Winter Storm

12.01.06

Department of Health and Senior Services Activates Department Situation Room to Address Winter Storm Concerns

11.29.06

Get Flu Vaccine Through December, January, and February for Protection

11.14.06

Governor Blunt designates November as Missouri Family History Month

11.13.06

Secondhand smoke fills air with harmful chemicals and health concerns

10.20.06

State Health Department Releases Alert on Medications Stolen from Local Health Facility

10.18.06

Blunt Orders Flags Flown at Half-staff in Memory of William Crain

10.17.06

Biowatch Air Monitor in St. Louis Detects Francisella tularensis

10.16.06

New report shows asthma sends thousands of children to emergency room every year

10.6.06

State Health Department Releases Health Advisory Urging Missourians Not to Keep Monkeys as Pets

10.2.06

State Health Department Performs Review of Information Technology Unit; Finds Some Concerns in Payments, Time Accounting Records

9.21.06

Blunt Urges Missouri Families to Plan for Emergencies; September is National Preparedness Month

9.21.06

"Old Fashioned" Retirement Fades Away as More Seniors Join the Workforce

9.20.06

More Missourians are Eating their Fruits and Vegetables

9.19.06

Increase in Animal Rabies Cases Prompts Statewide Public Health Advisory

9.13.06

Public Health Agencies to Release Results of Health Evaluation at former Zonolite/W.R. Grace plant

9.12.06

Governor Blunt Proclaims September Pain Awareness Month

9.6.06

State Health Department urges Missourians to get Cholesterol Checked

9.5.06

Study of ALS and MS in Jefferson County Yields Mixed Findings Results to be Discussed at a September 7 Public Meeting

8.24.06

'Assisted Living' Comes of Age in Missouri

7.31.06

Lieutenant Governor Kinder, Officials Release State's First-Ever Senior Report

7.27.06

Missourians of Storm Damage and Power Outages Urged to Be Cautious with Food to Avoid Illness

7.21.06

Blunt’s Executive Departments Warn of Safety Issues Related to Recent Storm

7.17.06

Missourians Warned to Protect Themselves Against Heat Wave

7.10.06

New report offers information about specialized stroke treatment in Missouri

6.30.06

Fourth of July Perfect Time to Remember, Practice Summer Protection Against Ticks and Mosquitoes

6.16.06

Missourians are urged to sign up for organ donor registry

6.15.06

Missourians Urged to Protect Themselves from the Heat This Summer

6.14.06

State and local public health agencies and hospitals conduct Strategic National Stockpile exercise in Southwest Missouri to prepare for bioterrorist event

6.13.06

June 15 Declared World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

6.13.06

Health department co-hosts first statewide obesity conference

6.1.06

Classes may be over, but lunch continues for many Missouri children

5.31.06

Missouri has new tool to help fight diabetes

5.25.06

Missouri Receives $1.89 Million for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

5.19.06

“Little Red Tornado” Wins 2006 Older Worker of the Year Contest

5.18.06

Summer Camps Should Check Vaccination Status of Campers

5.16.06

New study shows many Missourians with asthma smoke, despite risks

5.15.06

WIC is working to improve the health of Missouri women, infants and children

5.9.06

Small Food Processor Entrepreneur Workshop to be Offered

5.1.06

Director Kicks Off Older Americans Month in Missouri

4.25.06

Missouri Adds Species to Fish Consumption Advisory

4.19.06

Are you Ready? Public Health Emergencies and the Law

4.6.06

Role of Public Health Emphasized, Celebrated During First Week of April

4.5.06

Missouri recognized for efforts to address diabetes

3.21.06

March is National Nutrition Month

3.14.06

Missouri residents urged to prepare in advance for emergencies

3.9.06

Death of baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett underscores danger of stroke at any age

3.3.06

State seeks local groups to help provide free meals to needy children this summer

2.24.06

Missouri Included in National Product Recall on Infant Formula Due to Possible Metal Fragment Contamination

2.23.06

HHS Deputy Secretary Azar Joins Blunt at Missouri Pandemic Planning Summit

1.12.06

State Health Department Excited About Governor's Commitment to Health Issues

1.3.06

Folic acid can help save babies from serious birth defects