Some area parents are urging schools to require masks
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — With the start of the new school year fast approaching, some parents in two suburban St.…
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U.S. mulls COVID vaccine boosters for elderly as early as fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning of tough days ahead with surging COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said…
Immunosuppressed people grapple with returning to work
Elizabeth Groenweghe got a kidney transplant 14 years ago. She now takes several medications to prevent her body from rejecting…
Trial of GOP lawmaker accused of selling fake stem cell treatment delayed until 2022
A Missouri lawmaker indicted earlier this year for allegedly selling fake stem-cell treatments and fraudulently using federal pandemic relief funds has had…
Mostly unmasked crowds pack into Missouri State Fair
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Mostly unmasked crowds packed into the Missouri State Fair shoulder-to-shoulder this week as it opened in…
COVID exposure from St. Louis County Council meeting unclear
CLAYTON (AP) — Health officials say they are struggling to track down a crowd of anti-mask protesters who attended a…
Missouri COVID death toll ignores antigen-tested cases as official tally tops 10,000
Missouri officially passed the grim milestone of 10,000 COVID-19 deaths Thursday when the Department of Health and Senior Services added…
Missouri tops 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 during pandemic
(AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Missouri has topped 10,000, according to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard…
CDC urges COVID vaccination during pregnancy as Delta surges
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in…
State now taking applications for expanded Medicaid; processing begins Oct. 1
Missourians who qualify for benefits under Medicaid expansion can begin enrolling, but it may take up to two months until…
Delta variant surge appears to be peaking in Missouri
Missouri is seeing the first signs that the Delta variant surge may have crested, though many areas still suffer from rising COVID-19…
State must immediately let Missourians enroll in expanded Medicaid, judge rules
The Missouri Department of Social Services must allow newly eligible residents that qualify for benefits under voter-approved Medicaid expansion to…
375,000 Missourians enter vaccine lottery; drawing Friday
More than 375,000 Missourians have entered the state’s COVID-19 vaccine lottery program, but vaccinations continue to lag, especially in rural…
City renters facing eviction can get help at walk-in clinics
ST. LOUIS – The city is hosting walk-in clinics at two sites to help tenants facing immediate eviction apply for…
Less than half of nursing home staff vaccinated; new lockdowns feared
Many of the staff and residents in Shunda Whitfield’s nursing home in St. Louis County were sick before they even…
State seeks to boost prizes in local vaccination incentive program
Prizes awarded through a vaccine incentive program offered by local public health departments in Missouri may get boosted to $100…