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03/07/2011

Unilever Announces Recall of Skippy® Reduced Fat Peanut Butter Spread Due to Possible Health Risk Limited Recall of 6 Best-If-Used-By Dates
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02/22/2011

Missouri Smallflows Organization Elects Janet Murray President
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8/20/2010

Billboard Highlights Breastfeeding
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8/20/2010

Model Lactation Room Available at Health Department
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7/12/2010

Foundation Invites Input on Missouri Health Care Issues
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7/02/2010

WIC Grant Provides Breastfeeding Bags to New Moms

8/01/07

Health Department Issues Reminder Warning on Castleberry Food Recall

7/27/07

Botulism Poisoning From Contaminated Canned Food Products

6/15/07

Local Health Department Imposter Targeting Families With Newborns

6/06/07

Early Report of Serious Eye Infections Associated With Soft Contact Lens Solution

9/19/06

Peter Pan/Great Value Peanut Butter Recall

9/19/06

Spinach and E. Coli Outbreak

08/11/06

Secretary of State notice- Toy recalled by Vendor

07/31/06

Consumers Advised To Avoid Raw Oysters From the Pacific Northwest

07/31/06

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KINDER, OFFICIALS RELEASE STATE'S FIRST-EVER SENIOR REPORT

07/05/05

CDC Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #1

06/27/05

MO DHSS: Infectious Disease on the Rise This Summer; Missouri Third in Shigellosis Case Rates

06/23/05

MO DHSS: State's First Confirmed Case of Human West Nile Virus Reported

06/21/05

MO DHSS: FDA Advises Consumers About Recalled Drugs From Able Laboratories

06/12/05

MO DHSS: Public Health Notice to Carnival Quest Passengers

06/09/05

MO DHSS: Missourians Urged To Protect Themselves From The Heat This Summer

06/09/05

Travellers Should Be Aware of Hepatitis A Risk from Yuma Arizona

05/31/05

MO DHSS: Animal Rabies in Missouri

03/30/05

FDA Approves New Hepatitis Drug

03/30/05

CDC Heatlh Update: Outbreak of Marburg Virus Hemorrhagic Fever in Angola

03/18/05

CDC Heatlh Advisory: Serratia marcescens blood stream infections associated with contaminated magnesium sulfate solutions

03/16/05

CDC Heatlh Update: Update on Possible anthrax exposure in Department of Defense Mail Facility

03/16/05

MO DHSS: Tuberculosis Cases Prompt Warning on Raw-Milk Cheese By MARC SANTORA

03/15/05

MO DHSS: Anthrax Exposure in Department of Defense Mail Facility

03/15/05

CDC Heatlh Alert: Possible anthrax exposure in Department of Defense Mail Facility

02/22/05

FDA Recall - Intravenous catheter sites that have grown Pseudomonas fluorescens <Missouri>

02/22/05

Bird Flu Number One Health Threat In The World, CDC Chief Warns

02/10/05

Syphilis Alerts in St. Louis City and Springfield Area

02/10/05

MO DHSS: Update on Avian Influenza (H5N1)

02/04/05

CDC Health Update: Update on Avian Influenza A (H5N1)

01/27/05

MO DHSS: Syphilis Alert in the St. Louis Area

01/03/05

MO DHSS: Sign-Up for Missouri Senior Rx Program Started Jan. 1

01/03/05

MO DHSS: State Health Department Expands Recommendations for High-risk Vaccinations

10/15/04

CDC Advisory: CDC/Aventis Pasteur Collaborate To Ship More Than 2 Million Doses of Influenza Vaccine to Providers Who Serve High-Priority Groups

10/05/04

CDC Health Advisory: Interim Influenza Vaccination Recommendations - 2004-05 Influenza Season

09/17/04

MO DHSS: West Nile Virus Related Death is Reported In Missouri

08/01/04

CDC Health Advisory: Imported Case of Measles Identified on Airline Flight into New York

07/26/04

MO DHSS: Missouri's First Probable Case of West Nile Virus Reported

07/09/04

New law requires onsite sewage installer registration

06/25/04

Measles Case in an Adopted Child from China

06/15/04

Confirmation of Pertusiss is Randolph County

06/15/04

MO DHSS: Ombudsman Program Provides Tips on Visiting for Friends and Relatives in Nursing Homes

06/14/04

MO DHSS: Lewis and Clark- West Nile Virus Style

06/10/04

CDC Health Update: Update on SARS and Avian Influenza A (H5N1)

06/03/04

CDC Health Update: CDC Lifts Suspension of Adoptions from Chinese Orphanage

05/27/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: First West Nile Virus Positive Birds for 2004 in Two Missouri Counties

05/28/04

Update on Pertusis Outbreak in Cole, Callaway, and Boone Counties

05/27/04

Summer is Coming * Schedules are Changing * Do you have a Plan?

05/27/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: State Prepares for Return of West Nile Virus

05/24/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: Protect your children from skin cancer

05/24/04

CDC Health Update: Foodborne outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in Texas and Illinois, February 2004

05/24/04

SEMA Bulletin #51: Informational Notes for First Responders and Officials

05/20/04

CDC Advisory: Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to raw almonds

05/11/04

EMS Part of Coordinated System of Care

05/06/04

Pertussis Alert

05/06/04

Influenza Recommendations 2004

04/29/04

CDC Update: China Reports Ninth Recent Possible SARS Case

04/29/04

West Nile Virus Infection to be Studied

04/28/04

CDC Update: Four Possible SARS Cases Reported in China

04/22/04

CDC Advisory: New Possible SARS Case Reported in Beijing

04/09/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: Update on Recall of Human Rabies Vaccine

04/08/04

NACCHO Update: Epi-X Alert posted 4/8 Multi-State Outbreak: Measles Among Adoptees from China; Potential Airline Exposure

04/07/04

CDC Update: Frequently Asked Questions about Rabies Vaccine Recall

04/03/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: Had Recall of Human Rabies Vaccine 4-3-04

04/02/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: Possible Human Rabies Vaccine Recall

03/26/04

CDC Health Communications: Influenza Vaccine Bulletin #1

03/26/04

CDC Update: Manufacturer’s Recall of Nasal Spray Contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia Complex

03/24/04

CDC Advisory: Manufacturer’s Recall of Nasal Spray Contaminated with Burkholderia cepacia Complex

03/18/04

CDC Advisory: Imported Case of Measles Identified on Airline Flight into Detroit and Cedar Rapids

03/16/04

CDC Advisory: Public Health Precautions Related to Mass Trauma

03/08/04

CDC Advisory: Outbreak of Cyclosporiasis Among Conference Participants

03/08/04

Missouri Moves Forward With Emergency Preparedness Smallpox Vaccination Available to First Responders

03/03/04

State Health Department Announces new "Ready in 3" Emergency Preparedness Program

03/03/04

WIC's Effectiveness in Improving Nutritional Status

02/18/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: Recommendations for Evaluation and Reporting of Suspected Cases of Avian Influenza A (H5N1)

01/15/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: SARS

01/14/04

CDC Advisory: Third Possible SARS Case Reported in China; Influenza A(H5N1) Infections Reported in Vietnam

01/14/04

Avian influenza A(H5N1) in humans in Viet Nam and poultry in Asia - World Health Organization - update

01/09/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: Number of Flu Cases Declining

01/09/04

CDC Update: New Suspect SARS Case Reported in Southern China

01/05/04

CDC Advisory: Laboratory Tests Confirm SARS Case in Southern China Isolated Case Poses No Immediate Public-Health Threat

01/02/04

MO DHSS Health Advisory: Information for Hospitals, Clinicians, Emergency Responders, and Public Health Agencies on Precautions Related to Orange Threat Level

12/31/03

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Warns Consumers about Ephedra-Containing Dietary Supplements

12/31/03

CDC Update: Update on Public Health Precautions related to Orange Threat Level: Part 3 (Information for Clinicians in the Event of a Radiation or Nuclear Emergency)

12/29/03

Suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Guangdong Province, China - December 2003

12/24/03

Missouri Department of Agriculture's Press Release - Continue BSE Surveillance In Light of Washington Case

12/23/03

Missouri Department of Agriculture's Press Release - Mad Cow Disease

12/23/03

US Reports First Case of Mad Cow Disease

12/23/03

Missouri Experiences Record Numbers of Flu Cases in Recent Weeks

12/19/03

CDC Advisory: Request for Reports of All Deaths among Children With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Virus Infection

12/19/03

HHS Issues Rules for Smallpox Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

12/17/03

CDC Advisory: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Taiwan

12/12/03

MO DHSS Health Advisory: Influenza Reporting

12/05/03

CDC Advisory: CDC Assessing Influenza Vaccine Supplies

12/01/03

Health Department Issues Advisory on Homeless Shelters and TB

11/26/03

Fatal Case of Serogroup B Meningococcal Disease

11/25/03

Arthritis Burden in Missouri Estimated at $2.7 Billion

11/24/03

Early Onset of Flu Season Emphasizes Importance of Flu Vaccine

11/20/03

Northeastern Missouri Joins Safe Kids Campain: Local Coalition Launched To Prevent Unitentional Childhood Injuries

11/15/03

CDC Advisory: Recent Hepatitis A Oubreaks Associated With Green Onions

11/13/03

Local Health Advisory: Evidence of Increased Pertussis Cases

11/12/03

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Reports Season's First Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Case

11/08/03

CDC Advisory: Final Test Results for Bacillus Anthracis at Anacostia Naval Postal Sorting Facility Are Negative

11/07/03

CDC Advisory: Anthrax

10/24/03

CDC Alert: CDC Alert on Ricin

10/24/03

CDC Update: Respiratory Diphtheria in a Pennsylvania Resident Recently Returned from Haiti: Report Underscores Importance of Vaccination to Prevent Diphtheria

10/23/03

CDC Update: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Vote to Recommend Influenza Vaccination for Children Aged 6 to 23 Months for Influenza Season 2004-05

10/20/03

CDC Update: Clusters of Influenza A Infections Identified; Reports Underscore Importance of Timely Influenza Vaccination

10/17/03

CDC Advisory: FDA and CDC Statement Concerning Rumors About Recalled Lot of Influenza Vaccine

10/11/03

Lice Sprays for Children's Bedding... an Unnecessary Evil

10/10/03

Missouri Reports Third Death Related to West Nile Virus

10/01/03

CDC Update: Hepatitis A Outbreaks in Tennessee and Georgia

09/22/03

Missouri Reports Second Death Related to West Nile Virus

09/18/03

USDA Tap Missouri to Receive Nutrition Education Grant

09/16/03

Antibiotics and Colds and Flu Don't Mix

09/10/03

CDC Health Update - Singapore Reports "New Probable Case" of SARS

09/06/03

CDC Health Update - Measles Outbreak in the Marshall Islands

08/14/03

CDC Update 00151 - Outbreak Notice: Respiratory Illness in Long-term Care Facility in British Columbia, Canada

07/31/03

Immunization Update 2003 Education Program from the CDC

07/29/03

State Announces Changes in Regulations Regarding Controlled Substances

07/25/03

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Reports Suspected Eastern Equine Encephalitis Case

07/08/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Severe Acute Respiratory Synrome - UPDATE

07/02/03

CDC Health Alert - Probable Source of Monkeypox Virus Associated with U.S. Outbreak

06/25/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Monkeypox - UPDATED!

06/19/03

CDC Confirms Suspected Monkey Pox Case in Missouri

06/14/03

State Health Department Investigating Monkeypox Case in Missouri Resident

06/13/03

Monkeypox Update and Guidance for Local Public Health Agencies

06/13/03

CDC Health Advisory - Embargo on Certain Rodents and Prarie Dogs

06/13/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Monkeypox - UPDATED!

06/11/03

CDC HEALTH ALERT: Interim Guidance for the Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox Infections

06/09/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Monkeypox

06/07/03

Suspected Monkeypox-like Infections in Persons Having Contact with Prairie Dogs

05/29/03

State establishes resource data bank to help Missourians combat obesity

05/19/03

Information and Notes for EMDs and Local Officials -
Related to the Severe Weather Disasters of May 2003

05/06/03

Organ Donation Registry Reaches 1.8 Million

05/01/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Severe Acute Respiratory Synrome - UPDATE

04/25/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Severe Acute Respiratory Synrome - UPDATE

04/21/03

Regional Center Offers Arthritis Help

04/18/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Severe Acute Respiratory Synrome - UPDATE

04/18/03

Casual Smoking on the Rise in Missouri, CDC Finds

04/16/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Severe Acute Respiratory Synrome - UPDATE

04/14/03

Missouri's Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Project Recognizes National Minority Cancer Awareness Week April 20 -26

04/11/03

2002 Herculaneum Blood Lead Screening Results

04/03/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Severe Acute Respiratory Synrome - UPDATE

03/28/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: How To Handle Anthrax Threats, Including Letters and Packages Containing Unknown Powdery Substances

03/24/03

CDC HEALTH ALERT: CDC Lab Analysis Suggests New Coronavirus May Cause SARS

03/24/03

CDC HEALTH ALERT: Supplemental Information: Novel Coronavirus Linked to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

03/22/03

CDC HEALTH ALERT: UPDATED INTERIM U.S. SARS CASE DEFINTION

03/22/03

CDC HEALTH ALERT: Preliminary Clinical Description of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

03/21/03

MO DHSS HEALTH ALERT: Severe Acute Respiratory Synrome

03/20/03

State Launches Self-Management Campaign for Persons with Arthritis

03/15/03

CDC Issues Health Alert About Atypical Pneumonia

03/12/03

Secretary Thompson Announces The Creation Of A Bilingual Helpline, “SU FAMILIA”

01/06/03

State Heart-Health Experts Issue Joint Call To Action in Hopes to Turn Deadly Trend Around

01/02/03

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Reports Season's First Laboratory-confirmed Influenza Cases

12/11/02

Missouri Submits Plan to Provide Smallpox Vaccinations to Medical and Public Health Response Teams

11/15/02

The Great American Smoke Out - If You Quit Now You'll Feel The Results Immediately!

09/18/02

No New Cases of West Nile Virus To Report in Missouri

09/11/02

West Nile Virus In Moberly Birds Confirmed

08/19/02

Suspected West Nile Death Occurs In Missouri

08/02/02

West Nile Virus Activity in Missouri - Summary Report As Of 08/02/02

07/25/02

Health Department Advises Missourians on Fish Safety

07/24/02

Health Officials Give Update on Meningitis Case In Southwest Missouri

07/21/02

Infection Epidemic Carves Deadly Path

07/08/02

Schools Resume Tetanus/Diphtheria Vaccine Requirements

06/17/02

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Provides Help to Family of Child with Cystic Fibrosis

05/30/02

Missourians Urged to Take Precautions to Prevent Heat-Related Illness and Death This Summer

05/29/02

World No Tobacco Day May 31, 2002:
Tobacco Use Continues to Be a Global Issue

05/23/02

Missouri Nationally Ranks 18th in Stroke Mortality
African-American, Urban Missourians at Particularly High Risk

05/20/02

OSTEOPOROSIS CARRIES HEFTY PRICE TAG - Building Strong Bones Today will Save Missourians Money, Pain

05/15/02

HEALTH DEPARTMENT ALERTS MISSOURIANS TO THREAT OF TICK-BORNE DISEASES

05/09/02

AVENTIS PASTEUR ANNOUNCES INCREASE IN TETANUS VACCINE SUPPLY FOR PHYSICIAN OFFICES

05/07/02

World Asthma Day - Learn more about Asthma and Allergies

05/03/02

Columbia/Boone County Health Department Continues to Search for
Contacts to Rabid Bat

05/01/02

Exercise Crucial to Arthritis Management

04/29/02

Clinic Enhancement Grant Awarded to Help Fund "Read and Feed" Program

04/15/02

Cancer Deaths Greater Among Missouri Minorities

04/05/02

Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Alerts Missourians to Rabies In A Tucson, Arizona Dog

03/28/02

Role of Public Health Emphasized during Month of April

03/26/02

New WIC Income Guidelines Issued Become Effective 4/01/02

03/26/02

Diana Taylor, WIC Coordinator, Completes Intensive Training "Feeding With Love and Good Sense

03/11/02

Nationwide Shortages of Vaccine Cause of Concern for Missourians

02/27/02

COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENINGS URGED FOR MISSOURIANS 50 OR OLDER

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