Parson’s pick to lead state health department rejected by Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate refused to confirm Donald Kauerauf as Gov. Mike Parson’s health director on Tuesday, leaving Kauerauf banned from…
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Anti-vaccine protesters rally against Senate confirmation of Missouri health director
State health director Donald Kauerauf adamantly spoke against mandating face masks and COVID-19 vaccines during a hearing Monday, as anti-vaccination…
Decision nixing local COVID orders hampering health agencies’ response to other diseases
Two weeks after a Cole County judge stripped local health agencies of their ability to issue orders to mitigate the…
Missouri hospitals ask office workers to help nurses
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hospitals across Missouri are asking staff members and administrators to take on additional duties to help…
Pandemic changes death rituals, leaves grieving families without a sense of closure
The unexpected death of a friend and colleague to COVID-19 in January 2021 led me to start researching how American…
Medicare patients win right to appeal gap in nursing home coverage
A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has probably ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule…
A health writer covers America’s absurd health care system; then he gets caught up in it
I got a hurried voicemail from my pharmacist in Wisconsin the day before Thanksgiving letting me know my insurance was…
New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk…
Sunsetting of child tax credit expansion could leave many families hungry
The discontinuation of President Joe Biden’s administration’s monthly payments of the child tax credit could leave millions of American families without…
What people can learn from one negative rapid COVID test (Hint: very little)
Julie Ann Justo, an infectious disease clinical pharmacist for a South Carolina hospital system, hoped Christmas week would finally be…
Logistics center will help abortion seekers get to Illinois
With abortion access increasingly restricted across much of the South and Midwest, two Illinois clinics near St. Louis announced Friday…
Navy medical team heads to St. Louis to support COVID care
A Navy team of medical specialists is scheduled to arrive in the St. Louis region next week to help a…
Missouri Senate hears bipartisan push to forgive mistakenly overpaid unemployment benefits
Tracie Engelmeyer was among hundreds of bus drivers who were furloughed in St. Louis County in March 2020 because of…
5 things to know about ‘free’ at-home COVID tests
Americans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for COVID-19 at home. But just try to find an…
Parson touts COVID-19 response in annual State of State address
Gov. Mike Parson praised his administration’s handling of the still unfolding COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, telling a joint session of the…
Attorney General Schmitt renews threat to sue schools over mask, quarantine rules
Missouri is continuing to see record daily coronavirus infections, near-peak COVID-19 caseloads in hospitals and threats from Attorney General Eric Schmitt that he…