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More MO health departments stop COVID effort after AG threat

A Kansas City Health Department worker tests a resident for COVID-19 during an event last year. Following a letter from Attorney General Eric Schmitt, several health departments in rural Missouri counties have halted their COVID-19 response work. Tammy Ljungblad tljungblad@kcstar.com A growing number of local health departments across Missouri are…

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Health Experts Worry CDC’s Covid Vaccination Rates Appear Inflated

Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News For nearly a month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online vaccine tracker has shown that virtually everyone 65 and older in the United States — 99.9{b574a629d83ad7698d9c0ca2d3a10ad895e8e51aa97c347fc42e9508f0e4325d} — has received at least one covid vaccine dose. That would be remarkable — if true. But…

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Francis Collins on medical advances, vaccine hesitancy and Americans’ ill health : Shots

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins served for 12 years under three presidents and presided over an expansion of the agency’s budget and efforts to develop new cures to diseases. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images National Institutes of Health Director…