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With public health on the line, here’s how local health departments are fighting misinformation

Oklahoma City KHN  —  By the summer of 2021, Phil Maytubby, deputy CEO of the health department here, was concerned to see the numbers of people getting vaccinated against covid-19 slipping after an initially robust response. With doubt, fear, and misinformation running rampant nationwide — both online and offline —…

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Furor over county Covid-19 restrictions pushes some municipalities to create private health departments

A county in Colorado and a small town in Southern California are splitting from their longtime general public overall health businesses to set up their individual area departments. Both Douglas County, Colorado, and West Covina, California, program to agreement some of their health companies to non-public entities. In Douglas County,…

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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…