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COVID surge forced rural Missouri hospital to build makeshift ICU for dying patient

3 years 9 months ago

For six days, Dr. Mohamed Nabeel Kuziez and his team at a small emergency room in southeastern Missouri did everything they could to keep a 67-year-old woman with severe pneumonia alive. The day after Kathie Ganime was admitted on Jan. 12, Kuziez saw that her infection was so critical that she needed to be transferred […]

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Rebecca Rivas

‘A lasting impact’: Missouri Senate panel hears pitch for using federal COVID funds

3 years 9 months ago

There was skepticism about new temporary state employees and the cost of developing the Rock Island railroad corridor into a new trail during the Senate Appropriation Committee’s first look at Gov. Mike Parson’s plan for spending $2.8 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds. But for the most part, the 90 minutes presentation Thursday by Budget […]

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Rudi Keller

Rung for Women lands $250K federal grant for geospatial career training

3 years 9 months ago
“These innovative programs not only include work-and-learn opportunities and mentorship, but also targeted recruitment of women, people of color, rural residents and others from underserved communities to ensure that STEM fields are diverse, equitable and inclusive,” Alejandra Castillo, assistant secretary of commerce for economic development, said in a written statement.
James Drew