public health

Today’s election will see Springfield voters choose a new mayor. But last night at city council, the outgoing mayor got a major award — for public health.

The past three directors and the current director of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department come together to discuss community health issues.

Springfield leaders are considering whether to accept roughly $140,000 that would help launch a new effort intended to make life healthier for new babies — by having nurses check in with their families at home.

What species of ticks live in Missouri and in what quantities?Dr. David Claborn, director of the Master of Public Health program at Missouri State…