vaccinations

Reported cases of the infectious disease have surpassed pre-pandemic levels in Missouri.

Meghan Kruse is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Columbia Public School’s Scholar Clinic, a school-based clinic that serves students enrolled in CPS. She spoke about childhood vaccinations through their clinic, and about the power of having a conversation with concerned parents.

Data from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services shows that vaccination rates are dropping and religious exemptions are rising among the state’s children.

A summer COVID wave fueled by a highly contagious variant, increased travel and hot days that crowded people indoors may be starting to ebb in the Kansas City area.

Side Effects Public Media's Farah Yousry looks at some common Covid misconceptions.

Some say vaccines are a victim of their own success.

Since 2017, the percentage of Missouri's kindergarten-age children who have received the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine has dropped from 95% to around 90%, according to state health officials.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a health advisory due to an increase in measles cases across the United States – including in Missouri. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith sat down with Dr. Amruta Padhye, a pediatric infectious diseases physician at University of Missouri Health Care, to learn more about the disease and what symptoms folks should be on the lookout for.

The CDC case counts are reported weekly by doctors - 83 COVID cases in were reported in Boone County at the end of January, down 115 cases from the last week of December.

Flu vaccines will be free to people aged six months to 18 years. COVID-19 vaccines will also be available.