Missouri ERs treating people who took ivermectin in attempt to combat COVID-19
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several people have been treated in Missouri emergency rooms after taking the parasite drug ivermectin, even…
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Pandemic hardship is about to get even worse for millions of out-of-work Americans
Millions of unemployed Americans are set to lose pandemic-related jobless benefits after Labor Day – just as surging cases of…
Concert venues bank on proof of vaccination, negative COVID tests to woo back fans
MARYLAND HEIGHTS — Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing “I Am Trying to…
With schools in session, doctors fear new child COVID wave
Children are making up an increasing number of patients filling Missouri hospitals during the summer COVID-19 surge, and some doctors…
Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
A federal bankruptcy judge gave conditional approval Wednesday to a sweeping settlement that will remove the Sackler family from ownership…
COVID cases among children rising as Missouri Delta variant wave enters fifth month
Clay LaRue, superintendent of the Van Buren R-1 School District, made a tough decision Sunday. With COVID-19 cases spiking in…
Texas bans most abortions, with high court mum on appeal
The nation’s most far-reaching curb on abortions since they were legalized a half-century ago took effect Wednesday in Texas, with…
Expert on infectious diseases to be city’s new health director
ST. LOUIS – Infectious disease expert Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis is the new director of St. Louis’ Department of Health. …
Lack of vaccine mandate gives some hospitals competitive edge in staffing wars
In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had…
Missouri awards no-bid contract to boost staffing, antibody treatments, field hospitals
A Texas-based company stands to earn upwards of $30 million in Missouri through a no-bid emergency contract to provide health…
Missouri judge refuses to reinstate federal jobless benefits
A Missouri judge refused on Tuesday to reinstate federal unemployment benefits that were cut in June when Gov. Mike Parson…
Lawsuit filed over $1.4 billion contract for Missouri prison health care
The dispute over the $1.4 billion contract to provide prisoner health care in Missouri is moving into the courts. Corizon Health, which…
Biden opens civil rights probe into states banning school mask mandates
WASHINGTON — Federal education officials have launched civil rights investigations in five Republican-led states that have prohibited school districts from mandating…
Cardinal Burke to begin rehabilitation after contracting COVID-19
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Roman Catholic Cardinal Raymond Burke, who eschewed the COVID-19 vaccine, will soon begin rehabilitation after contracting the…
St. Louis, Jackson County extend mask mandates into fall
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two of Missouri’s largest jurisdictions approved on Monday extensions of their mask mandates, and another Kansas…
What Missouri learned the hard way about rapid COVID testing in schools
Early in the tumultuous 2020-21 school year, Missouri officials made a big gamble: set aside roughly 1 million rapid COVID…