For toddlers, pandemic shapes development during formative years
CASTLE POINT, Mo. — Lucretia Wilks, who runs a small day care out of her home in north St. Louis…
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BJC, Washington U. to require vaccinations for employees
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two of the largest employers in the St. Louis area have announced they will require employees…
Should jails emptied in the pandemic stay that way?
It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the…
Missouri tourist hotspots also heating up COVID counts
Southwestern Missouri’s most popular tourist areas are the epicenter of a COVID-19 outbreak linked to the Delta variant that is…
After relying on local officials to combat COVID, Parson signs limit on health orders
Gov. Mike Parson’s strategy to contain the spread of COVID-19 was simple: Local officials know best. Statewide mandates emanating from…
Jones’ stimulus plan will face scrutiny from Board of Aldermen
CITY HALL – Mayor Tishaura Jones’ plan to spend $80 million in federal relief funds may encounter different ideas when…
Centene agrees to settle Medicaid fraud claims for $143 million
In what could be a harbinger of more settlements, Medicaid managed-care contractor Centene Corp. settled on Monday potential fraud claims…
Sharp drop in COVID-19 cases brings ‘new phase,’ end to task force briefings
ST. LOUIS – The tone at the last regular news briefing of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force was…
City is renewing push to vaccinate homebound residents
ST. LOUIS – Some of the city’s most vulnerable residents and their caregivers are again getting extra help to fight…
Medicare copays for new Alzheimer’s drug could reach $11,500
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug would raise Medicare premiums broadly, and some patients who are prescribed the…
Restaurants, caterers put the ‘bon appetit’ in food giveaway
ST. LOUIS – Typically, Andrew Murray is busy serving paying customers for his business, Murray’s Catering. But on Friday, he…
Deaths from heart disease, diabetes climbed amid COVID-19
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other…
U.S. extends expiration dates for J&J COVID vaccine by 6 weeks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that U.S. regulators extended the expiration date on millions of doses of…
Federal appeals court upholds injunction blocking eight-week abortion ban
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision to block a Missouri law criminalizing abortions after eight…
Missouri officials urge vaccinations before Fourth of July
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to spike in southwestern Missouri, and residents there are being urged to get vaccinated before…
Lawmakers can refuse to fund Medicaid expansion, attorney general says
Missouri lawmakers were not obligated to fund Medicaid expansion, and the courts cannot force the state to pay the medical bills…