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Plan is key when preparing for storms, especially if there is no sanctioned shelter
mmoloney@kspr.comLEBANON, Mo. -- The city of Lebanon has no city-sanctioned storm shelters. When severe weather strikes, the Laclede County Emergency Manager warned, people need to be ready. "There are no public pre-disaster tornado shelters that are engineered in...Tags: Tornadoes, Lebanon, Weather Warnings, Natural Disasters
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What's Going Around: Allergies
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - It starts with congestion and sneezing and then you get a running nose and irritated eyes. Spring seasonal allergies are once again sending people to the doctor’s office this week. At Ozarks Community Hospital's Primary Care...Tags: Symptoms, Sneezing, Physical Conditions, Allergies
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Two sent to hospital after woman drives car into Walnut Grove house
mpettit@kspr.comTwo people are sent to the hospital after an elderly woman drove her car into a house. It happened Saturday night in Walnut Grove. Police say the driver, who's in her mid-eighties, was trying to park in front of the house. They say she hit the...Tags: Walnuts
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Ozarks hospital leads effort in reducing elective deliveries
lpozen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Each birth is unique, and so is each pregnancy. Especially towards the end. "It was miserable. You just can't move," says Tara Rasmussen. Tara Rasmussen says her first baby came a week late. Her second pregnancy was no different.... -
What's Going Around: Tree allergies
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tree pollen season is in full swing in the Ozarks. And this week all that sneezing is bringing a lot of people to urgent care and doctors offices. “Start off with sneezing, itchy and burning eyes, and this time of year it...Tags: Sneezing, Allergies
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CoxHealth plans expansion in south Springfield
ghartley@schurz.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- CoxHealth plans to build a second tower at Cox South Hospital. The health care company announced the 310,000-square-foot expansion at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. The new tower will house a women's and children's...Tags: Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Healthcare Policies, Finance, Money and Monetary Policy
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Hospitals order fewer transfusions; Community Blood Center lays off 39 employees
ghartley@schurz.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Community Blood Center of the Ozarks said Friday that it cut its staff by nearly 18 percent. The layoffs are necessary because of a drop in the number of requests that it gets from hospitals for blood products. CBCO, which...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, American Red Cross
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What's Going Around: Stomach bug
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A 24-hour stomach bug is going around the Ozarks this week. The scientific name for it is gastroenteritis. Like many illnesses, this sickness can either be caused by a virus or bacteria. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea and...Tags: Symptoms, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Doctor from Lowry City is charged with writing prescriptions without state permit
ghartley@schurz.comOSCEOLA, Mo. -- A family doctor from Lowry City is accused of writing prescriptions for more than two years without having a valid state permit to do so. The St. Clair County prosecuting attorney filed 16 felony charges against Dr. John Ure on Monday...Tags: General Practitioners, Dilaudid (drug), Percocet (drug), OxyContin (drug), Valium (drug)
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What's Going Around: Sore throat
lmatter@kspr.com, tnguyen@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Has your throat been a little on the scratchy side lately? You might have a common sickness that is going around this week - the sore throat. Health officials with the Ozarks Community Hospital clinic in Springfield have seen an...Tags: Symptoms, Tylenol (drug), Viral Diseases and Infections, Sore Throat, Ibuprofen (drug)
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Pregnancies in rural Missouri often are higher risk than those in cities
Reporter and PhotographerCAMDENTON, Mo. -- We know stress and pregnancy are a dangerous combination but now it turns out the place you live may make things worse. New research from the University of Missouri shows pregnant women who live in rural Missouri are more stressed...Tags: Health Insurance, Heart Attack, Services and Shopping, Government Health Care, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Nurse from Springfield says she was fired for refusal to wear mask
Reporter and PhotographerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A nurse says her firing from Cox Hospital was unjustified. Carla Brock refused to get a flu vaccine and then to wear a surgical mask at work. This is the first year that CoxHealth has made flu vaccinations mandatory for all...Tags: Chemical Industry, Flu, Pharmaceuticals, Preventative Medicine, Flu Vaccine
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