A small segment of Jefferson County is one of eight similar locations in the state serving as pilot programs for the Department of Conservatio…
Your brain is complex. I’m sure that statement doesn’t come as a surprise to you. But there are steps you can take to protect your brain’s hea…
Long periods of dry weather and hot temperatures through the summer and into early fall often lead to outbreaks of hemorrhagic diseases in dee…
Shorter, milder winters may be leading to increasing tick survival rates, as well as allowing some species of ticks to move into areas where t…
Vaccination is considered by many to be one of the greatest achievements of public health, preventing tens of thousands of deaths and millions…
Sixty-two cyclosporiasis cases have been reported to the Jefferson County Health Department, Sara Bressie, the department’s communicable disea…
On July 22, adult mosquitoes collected from a trap site in the city of De Soto tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Jefferson County H…
On Wednesday, July 15, adult mosquitoes collected from two trap sites in the city of Arnold tested positive for the West Nile virus, the Jeffe…
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a three-part series about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s whitetail deer conservati…
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s whitetail deer conservatio…