Boone Health Warns That COVID Vigilance Must Remain Strong Dr. Robin Blount, from Boone Health, reminds us that even if the president said the pandemic is over it’s not time to relax our guard. A public health emergency declared over COVID-19 is in effect until at least October 13th. The immunity that we receive from…… Continue Reading
COVID Vaccine With Broader Effect Approved and Available
COVID Vaccine With Broader Effect Approved and Available After review, recommendation and authorization from the FDA and CDC, a new bivalent formulation booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is available. The vaccine is from both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech and is recommended as a single dose booster at least two months following primary or booster vaccination.…… Continue Reading
More Traditional Type of COVID Vaccine Available by Appointment
More Traditional Type of COVID Vaccine Available by Appointment MU Health Care has a limited number of Novavax doses under emergency authorization, and will offer a special vaccination event Tuesday, August 23rd from 5:15pm until 7:45pm at South Providence Medical Park in Columbia by appointment only. The second dose of the two-dose series will be…… Continue Reading
Mizzou Researchers Say COVID Shots Likely to Become Annual Event
Mizzou Researchers Say COVID Shots Likely to Become Annual Event Researchers from the University of Missouri say that new research supports the idea that the COVID-19 boosters may not be able to keep up with the rapid evolution of the virus. They emphasize that the vaccines do work, and should help even as the virus…… Continue Reading
COVID Cases Show Recent Rise in Boone County, Audrain Steady
COVID Cases Show Recent Rise in Boone County, Audrain Steady Cases of COVID-19 in Boone County hospitals went up about 20% between Wednesday and Thursday, according to the county health department. The Columbia/Boone County Department of Health and Human Services reported 41 COVID-19 patients in our local hospitals. Of those, 3 patients are in the…… Continue Reading
Coronavirus Rises Nationally, While Staying Low in Central Missouri
Coronavirus Rises Nationally, While Staying Low in Central Missouri Coronavirus is on the rise, both nationally and state-wide. Missouri is reporting 12,749 new coronavirus cases for the week of July 21 through Wednesday. The state reported 998 patient hospitalizations and 135 patients in the ICU for the week ending July 20. The central region and…… Continue Reading
COVID Levels Rise in Boone and Audrain Counties
COVID Levels Rise in Boone and Audrain Counties The community level for COVID in Boone and Audrain counties is on the rise. Boone county is now back in the red or high level after being in the medium level, while Audrain is rising from low to medium. As of Sunday, there were 29 hospitalizations, four…… Continue Reading
COVID in Decline, Marks 2 Year Anniversary
COVID in Decline, Marks 2 Year Anniversary As mid-Missourians celebrated Spring this past weekend, many also took steps to heal from two years of loss and isolation. Last Friday marked the second anniversary of Boone County’s first COVID-19 death. Since that time, the virus has killed 222 people in the Columbia area, 139 of them…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Health Department Shifting the Way They Report COVID-19 to the Community
Audrain County Health Department Shifting the Way They Report COVID-19 to the Community The Audrain County Health Department is shifting the way it reports COVID-19 in the Audrain County community. With the shift announced by the CDC earlier this week to an endemic mode of tracking, the Audrain County Health Department will now rely on…… Continue Reading
Audrain County Seeing Decreasing COVID-19 Case Counts
Audrain County Seeing Decreasing COVID-19 Case Counts The number of COVID-19 cases in Audrain County is continuing to drop, according to the Audrain County Health Department. In their weekly report released this afternoon (Friday), there are 11 cases in the county, down 4 from last Friday. Active probable cases are down by 5 from last…… Continue Reading
