Posts by Adair County Health Department
Walk-in Flu Vaccine Clinics Scheduled
Kirksville, MO 10/13/22 – The Adair County Health Department has scheduled two walk-in clinics for Adair County residents to get their seasonal flu vaccines. The clinics will be from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Friday, October 14, and Tuesday, October 18 at the Health Department’s Clinic, 1001 South Jamison in Kirksville. The annual flu…
Read MoreAdair County Health Department Free Mobile App Available
Kirksville, MO 10/11/22 – The Adair County Health Department has released a mobile app to make accessing information quick, easy, and convenient. The app is available in the App Store and on Google Play. You can access either download using this link or the QR code above. “More and more people rely on using their mobile phones to…
Read MoreMore Than 700 Took Advantage of Annual Flu Vaccine Drive-Through
Kirksville, MO 10/6/22 – The Adair County Health Department administered 725 seasonal flu vaccines at its annual drive-through event, on October 5, at the NEMO Fairgrounds in Kirksville. The Health Department has been conducting the drive-through for several years to provide a convenient way for Adair County residents to get their flu vaccines. The annual…
Read MoreAdair County WIC Announces Continued WIC Contract & Income Guidelines
KIRKSVILLE, MO – The ADAIR COUNTY WIC announces a contract continuance to provide WIC services for the federal fiscal year 2023 has been signed with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a special supplemental nutrition program providing services to pregnant women, new mothers, infants, and children up…
Read MoreReported COVID-19 Cases Drop as Health Department Gears up for Drive-Through Flu Vaccine Event
Kirksville, MO 9/30/22 – The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department over the seven-day period ending September 26 dropped to 22 from 69 cases reported during the previous period. The decline occurs as the Health Department gears up for its annual drive-through flu vaccine event scheduled for Wednesday, October 5,…
Read MoreReported COVID-19 Cases Rise to 69 in Adair County
Kirksville, MO 9/21/22 – The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department over the seven-day period ending September 20 rose sharply to 69 from the 48 cases reported during the previous period. The highly transmissible Omicron strains continue to drive case numbers upward as students return to schools and as people…
Read MoreBivalent COVID-19 Booster Drive-Through Scheduled as Cases Rise
Kirksville, MO 9/14/22 – The Adair County Health Department now has a limited supply of the recently approved bivalent Pfizer COVID-19 booster doses which will be administered by appointment, on September 20, 2022. The boosters become available as the seven-day total cases reported to the Health Department rose from 36 to 48 for the period…
Read MoreCommunity Assessment Survey
We need your help. The Highway 63 Committee is completing a community health assessment to better understand the health needs of the community we serve. This data will go on to directly influence the decision-making and how we prioritize issues in the health departments. The survey should take about 8-10 minutes to complete. Any personal…
Read MoreADAIR COUNTY WILL SOON HAVE BIVALENT COVID-19 BOOSTER DOSES AVAILABLE
Kirksville, MO 9/7/22 – The Adair County Health Department will soon be offering the bivalent COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech booster. The Pfizer and Moderna bivalent formulas recently received approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and are now recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as protection against COVID-19. The previous two-dose series and…
Read MoreREPORTED COVID-19 CASES FALL TO 36 IN PAST SEVEN DAYS
Kirksville, MO 9/7/22 – The number of cases of COVID-19 reported to the Adair County Health Department over the seven-day period ending September 5 fell to 36 from the 56 cases reported during the previous period. Cases have started falling across the country as well, although the known total of deaths from COVID-19 since the beginning…
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