Harris-Stowe using pandemic funds to cancel student debt
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harris-Stowe University is using federal pandemic relief funds to eliminate student debt from the last academic…
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‘Down to my last diaper’: the anxiety of parenting in poverty
For parents living in poverty, “diaper math” is a familiar and distressingly pressing daily calculation. Babies in the U.S. go…
CDC panel backs expanded COVID-19 booster rollout
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions more Americans are closer to getting a COVID-19 booster as influential government advisers endorsed on Thursday…
Cities are dragged into court to fix sidewalks for people with disabilities
From her dining room, Susan Goodlaxson can see her neighbor gardening across their street in Baltimore. But while other neighbors…
In quiet debut, Alzheimer’s drug finds questions, skepticism
The first new Alzheimer’s treatment in more than 20 years was hailed as a breakthrough when regulators approved it more…
FDA panel endorses booster shot for J&J COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers endorsed a booster of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine Friday, citing concern that Americans…
New leader of Dept. of Social Services has tall order: Jumpstart reform
After years of dysfunction and criticism — including lawsuits, legislative inquiries and a revolving door of leaders — the announcement…
Planned Parenthood wants feds to block Missouri rule targeting its Medicaid funding
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri is calling for President Joe Biden’s administration to intervene to…
New rules on Missouri abortion regulations kick in
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Planned Parenthood leaders condemned new regulations on Missouri abortion providers that took effect Wednesday. Yamelsie Rodríguez,…
Families with disabled children in limbo as Missouri aid program remains stalled
The seizures started hours after Gabriella Cotton was born. In the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital,…
Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills
Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help. Whether you learn about this before…
Fauci says trick-or-treating this year is fine
WASHINGTON – The government’s top infectious diseases expert says families can feel safe trick-or-treating outdoors this year for Halloween as…
St. Louis County officers ordered to get COVID vaccine shots
CLAYTON (AP) — The acting head of St. Louis County police has issued an order saying that all officers must…
Boosters, employer mandates drive increase in U.S. vaccines
The number of Americans getting COVID-19 vaccines has steadily increased to a three-month high as seniors and people with medical…
Cherry-picking Bible verses has been done for centuries, before anti-vaxers
A devout evangelical Christian recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. “Jesus went around healing…
Four trends in public school enrollment due to COVID-19
When schools began the fall semester of 2020 – six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – many…