Saline County Health Department

10/02/2025

💉 Vaccine Clinic in Sweet Springs 💉

The Saline County Health Department’s Mobile Health Bus will be in Downtown Sweet Springs on Wednesday, October 2nd from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.

✅ Walk-ins welcome
✅ Flu & COVID vaccines available
✅ Convenient, fast, and local

Come see us and stay protected this fall! 🍂💙

📍 Location: Downtown Sweet Springs
🕙 Time: 10 am – 3 pm

For more information, call us at 660-886-3434 or visit salinecountyhealthdepartment.com.

10/01/2025

10/01/2025

👀✨ FREE Eye Mission Coming to Marshall! ✨👀

The Lions Club of Marshall is hosting a Free Eye Mission on:
📅 Saturday, October 18, 2025
📍 Knights of Columbus Hall
1267 S. English, Marshall, MO 65340
🕘 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

✅ Free eye screenings
✅ Free exam
✅ Glasses provided on-site for anyone

📞 Please call the Saline County Health Department at 660-886-3434 to schedule your appointment.

Don’t miss this opportunity to take care of your vision at no cost! 👓💙

09/23/2025

💉 Vaccine Clinics are coming to Saline County!

📍 Sweet Springs (downtown) – October 2 | 10 am – 3 pm
📍 Slater (City Hall) – October 9 | 10 am – 3 pm
📍 Marshall (Plaza parking lot) – October 16 | 10 am – 3 pm
📍 Missouri Valley College (Malcolm Center) – October 28 | 12:30 am – 4:30 pm

👉 Flu and COVID vaccines available!
👉 SCHD accepts most major insurance companies.

Walk-ins welcome — no appointment needed!
Cash Price: $35 Flu and Flu Mist, $75 High Dose Flu, $115 Covid

🚌 Look for the Saline County Health Department Mobile Unit!
Let’s work together to keep our community healthy. 💙

09/19/2025

09/16/2025

Throughout her pregnancy, Robyn felt the same worries all expecting mothers do: Will my baby be ok if I accidentally ate this? Will my delivery go well?

One concern that never crossed her mind was the newborn screening. About a month after Anna was born, right when Robyn and her husband finally started to feel like they found their footing as parents, they received some news from Washington University. Anna was officially diagnosed with Pompe disease based on the results of her newborn screening. If left untreated, the disease can cause muscle loss.

Doctors explained that Anna was asymptomatic and did not need any treatment yet. Screening for this condition can help people get treatment before there is any damage to their muscles. Before there was newborn screening for this, it would take on average twelve years for a person to receive a Pompe diagnosis. For some, that can mean the damage has already taken place.

"The first few weeks trying to grasp this news, along with still being a parent to a newborn were some of the hardest in my life," Robyn explained. "I learned that this diagnosis is a blessing, not a curse, and I had the information I needed to be proactive with my child’s health. I started to appreciate all the insights I had on her wellbeing and took solace in the amount of knowledge I had. I am so incredibly grateful for the newborn screening, and the gift of knowledge it has given my family."

Visit Health.Mo.Gov/newbornscreening for more information about this life-saving public health initiative.

08/28/2025

🚐✨ Meet our brand-new Dental RV! 🦷🎉

Here is Kaylee, our amazing Dental Outreach Administrator, standing proudly with the newest addition to our dental team on wheels. This mobile unit will help us bring quality dental care directly to our communities — making healthy smiles more accessible than ever. 💙

For more information about our Dental RV or upcoming outreach events, feel free to reach out to Kaylee at 📧 kjensen@katyhealth.org.

08/23/2025

📲 Easy Access to Your Immunization Records! 🩺💉

Missourians can now use the Docket® app to quickly view and manage personal and family immunization records through ShowMeVax—Missouri’s statewide immunization system.

✅ Download the free Docket® app
✅ Sign up with email, Apple, or Google
✅ Search your records with ShowMeVax
✅ Get back-to-school forms, reminders, and easy access for your whole family!

No more searching for paper records—everything you need is right at your fingertips!

👉 Learn more and get started: health.mo.gov/living/wellness/immunizations/tips.php

08/20/2025

Lots of hot peppers and bell peppers today!

08/19/2025

We are excited about this app! Please see a few screenshots below to help you add your children to your app.

DHSS launches on-demand, digital access to immunization records
Docket
JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has announced that Missourians can now securely review, download and share their immunization records through the Docket® smartphone app and web platform. The service expands digital access for school, travel, health and personal use, streamlining how individuals manage their personal vaccination information. This marks a significant step toward data modernization efforts and enhancing access to immunization information in Missouri.

Missouri residents can now use Docket® to access personal and family immunization records on file with the Missouri Immunization Registry (ShowMeVax). Also, Docket can be used to:

View, download and share their personal immunization history.
Access records for children or individuals for whom they are a parent, legal guardian or authorized representative.
Share official immunization documentation with schools, camps, health providers and travel officials.
To use Docket®, individuals must complete a simple identity verification process using an email address or phone number tied to their official record. Privacy safeguards ensure only users with verified legal access may retrieve any record.

Missouri’s official immunization registry, ShowMeVax, has historically served as the secure source for vaccine data, accessible to health care providers, schools and childcare facilities. While some providers are required to report, reporting immunization information to the State of Missouri is not required for all providers. Depending on individual providers’ practices, it is possible for an individual to not see all of their vaccinations in this system.

Newly integrated with ShowMeVax, Docket® opens access to the user, empowering individuals and families to independently manage their records.

Getting Started

Download the Docket® app from the App Store or Google Play or visit the web portal.
Create an account and complete identity verification.
Access your record, download or export as needed.
As Missouri students return to classrooms, it is an important time for parents and guardians to ensure children are up to date on required immunizations. Across Missouri, vaccination coverage among kindergarteners has been declining, with public schools reporting rates well below 95% for key vaccines like MMR, DTaP, polio, varicella and hepatitis B for the 2024–2025 school year. Falling immunization rates and rising exemption rates create vulnerabilities for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, which has seen national resurgence recently.

Missouri Kindergarten Fully Immunized Rates (2024-2025 school year):

DTaP: 90.0%
Hep B: 92.7%
IPV/Polio: 90.7%
MMR: 90.0%
Varicella: 89.4%
More data is available at Health.Mo.Gov.

08/19/2025

For Immediate Release
Aug. 19, 2025

Media Contact:
Lisa Cox
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Media Inquiry Form

DHSS launches on-demand, digital access to immunization records
Docket
JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has announced that Missourians can now securely review, download and share their immunization records through the Docket® smartphone app and web platform. The service expands digital access for school, travel, health and personal use, streamlining how individuals manage their personal vaccination information. This marks a significant step toward data modernization efforts and enhancing access to immunization information in Missouri.

Missouri residents can now use Docket® to access personal and family immunization records on file with the Missouri Immunization Registry (ShowMeVax). Also, Docket can be used to:

View, download and share their personal immunization history.
Access records for children or individuals for whom they are a parent, legal guardian or authorized representative.
Share official immunization documentation with schools, camps, health providers and travel officials.
To use Docket®, individuals must complete a simple identity verification process using an email address or phone number tied to their official record. Privacy safeguards ensure only users with verified legal access may retrieve any record.

Missouri’s official immunization registry, ShowMeVax, has historically served as the secure source for vaccine data, accessible to health care providers, schools and childcare facilities. While some providers are required to report, reporting immunization information to the State of Missouri is not required for all providers. Depending on individual providers’ practices, it is possible for an individual to not see all of their vaccinations in this system.

Newly integrated with ShowMeVax, Docket® opens access to the user, empowering individuals and families to independently manage their records.

Getting Started

Download the Docket® app from the App Store or Google Play or visit the web portal.
Create an account and complete identity verification.
Access your record, download or export as needed.
As Missouri students return to classrooms, it is an important time for parents and guardians to ensure children are up to date on required immunizations. Across Missouri, vaccination coverage among kindergarteners has been declining, with public schools reporting rates well below 95% for key vaccines like MMR, DTaP, polio, varicella and hepatitis B for the 2024–2025 school year. Falling immunization rates and rising exemption rates create vulnerabilities for outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, which has seen national resurgence recently.

Missouri Kindergarten Fully Immunized Rates (2024-2025 school year):

DTaP: 90.0%
Hep B: 92.7%
IPV/Polio: 90.7%
MMR: 90.0%
Varicella: 89.4%
More data is available at

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services