Most parents of young children today haven’t experienced the devastating childhood diseases that used to be common before vaccines were developed.
Long periods of dry weather and hot temperatures through the summer and into early fall often lead to outbreaks of hemorrhagic diseases in dee…
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported Monday that eight St. Louis area businesses, including four in Pacific, may hav…
Vaccination is considered by many to be one of the greatest achievements of public health, preventing tens of thousands of deaths and millions…
For the first time since the respiratory season began on Sept. 29, the number of reported flu cases in Jefferson County has jumped into the tr…
For the third consecutive week, Jefferson County is in the yellow level on the Jefferson County Health Department’s COVID-19 warning system. Y…
Steve Blaha of the Hillsboro area was one of the first to be hospitalized with COVID-19 in Jefferson County.
I was minding my own business, sitting in a middle-row seat, enjoying my daughter’s high school choir performance.