In Kansas News:
State health officials say two more measles cases were reported in the last week.
That brings the total number of cases to 58 this year. Nearly all of them are associated with an outbreak in southwest Kansas. Sedgwick and Reno counties also recently announced their first cases. More than 60 percent of the cases are in children ages 10 or younger. One case involves someone older than 55. Officials say vaccination is essential to avoid catching and spreading the respiratory virus. Babies as young as 6 months can receive the vaccine.
And in Missouri News
Today is the 14th Anniversary of the E-5 tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri on May 22nd, 2011. The tornado claimed the lives of 158 people and tore through the middle of Joplin. That year Michael Weaver had just finished his freshmen year in college and wanted to be in the medical field. He was living in Joplin and says seeing the destruction helped him become a better doctor.
even though I had taken first aid courses, CPR courses, all that stuff, and I thought I knew something, I realized. In that moment, there was almost nothing that I actually knew how to do, There's a reason that you have to go through so much training to do this.
Weaver was in one of the first classes to graduate from Joplin's Kansas City University’s medical school. He still lives in Joplin and is a hospitalist at Freeman Health System and adjunct professor at KCU.
This has been your four states newscast for KRPS for Thursday, May 22nd. I’m Rachel Schnelle
