Health department offering flu shots

The city health director says getting a flu shot is the best way to prevent the flu or decrease its severity, so his department is offering flu vaccinations for adults and children. “Those who are vaccinated against the flu are far less likely ...

Free flu shots on Saturday, Oct. 12

The city health department is offering free flu shots, while supplies last, during its special flu shot clinic on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinic will take place at the Health Department, 2400 Troost Ave. Flu vaccine will ...

Kansas City Health Department gets national accreditation

The Kansas City Health Department is among the first to get a new national accreditation, it announced this week. The Public Health Accreditation Board accredited it and 19 other health departments nationwide. Dr. Rex Archer, health department ...

Health department offers free Tdap boosters

We’re all supposed to get a tetanus booster shot every 10 years and a booster shot for pertussis. The city health department is making that easy, by offering free tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis boosters – also called Tdap boosters ...

City health commission calls for fighting violence as a disease

Taking the position that violence is a preventable contagious disease, the Kansas City Health Commission on Friday approved recommendations to fight it. Their resolution – the result of months of input from citizen experts – now goes to ...

Health department offers free hepatitis C screenings

The city health department has rescheduled a free Hepatitis C screen for Thursday. The screening was originally scheduled for Monday, but canceled due to temperature control issues in the building. It’s on again for Thursday at the City ...

More fights over tobacco ahead

The Kansas City Health Commission contends that Missouri’s low cigarette tax results in more children smoking and discourages surrounding states from raising their rates. Graphic courtesty Kansas City Missouri Health Department. Missouri ...

Alert: lead poisoning traced to bulk paprika

Photo courtesy Creative Commons by Joyosity reposted from Kansas City Health Department The City of Kansas City, Mo., Health Department’s Healthy Homes and Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program urges caution when purchasing and using ...