HANNIBAL, Missouri, June 18 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news: The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has selected Amy Crawford as the new area engineer for Adair, Schuyler, Scotland, Knox, Clark and Lewis Counties, serving as an extension to the district office in Hannibal. In this role, Crawford will serve as MoDOT's primary point of contact in the north area of the district and coordinate with local agency partners, community leaders, federal,   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 18 (TNSres) -- The Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Clinical trial for RVCL-S patients tests drug already approved as sickle cell disease treatment * * * Roughly 50 families scattered across the world share ultra-rare variants in a particular gene. Silent for years, the inherited mutations make themselves known when patients reach the fourth decade of life. Changes in vision start a cascade of symptoms. Five  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, June 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * A new study from University of Missouri researcher Monique Luisi reveals that communities that had good COVID-19 vaccination experiences were more likely to get other vaccines * * * Simple, clear conversations between health care providers and their patients can save lives. For University of Missouri science communication expert Monique Luisi, those conversations  more