Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his…
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Holiday season puts new hurdles in way for COVID-19 home testing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions more home tests for COVID-19 are hitting store shelves, but will there be enough for Americans…
Missouri opens coronavirus vaccine booster to all adults
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — All adults in Missouri are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster, the state health department…
Nation’s overdose deaths top 100,000 in one year
NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health…
SLPS students, families can get first COVID-19 shots at Vashon clinic
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Public School District and the Urban League of Greater Metropolitan St. Louis are hosting…
City health department to host pediatric vaccine virtual town hall
ST. LOUIS – The city’s health department is planning a virtual town hall on COVID-19 vaccination of children ages 5-11,…
Pro-Parson PAC fined by Missouri Ethics Commission for violation
The political action committee set up to advocate for Gov. Mike Parson accepted an illegal contribution of $150,000 last year…
‘Fundamental justice’: Judge clears 2 in Malcolm X slaying
NEW YORK (AP) — More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers…
Missouri’s thin dental safety net stretched by Medicaid expansion
At CareSTL Health in St. Louis, the next available nonemergency dental appointment is in about six weeks. Northwest Health Services,…
Two men set to be cleared in 1965 killing of Malcolm X
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are set to be…
CDC panel to discuss expanding COVID booster shots Friday
NEW YORK (AP) — An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all…
Cori Bush draws criticism for saying white supremacists shot at Ferguson protesters
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush claimed on social media that white supremacists shot at protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, but…
Jones joins White House ceremony for Biden’s signing of infrastructure bill
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones joined fellow local and state leaders at the White House on Monday for a…
St. Louis County sees big jump in new COVID-19 cases
CLAYTON (AP) — New COVID-19 cases in St. Louis County rose more than 40% in a week, pushing Missouri’s largest…
Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity
(AP) — It’s a hidden crisis that has existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the…
More turn to abortion pills by mail, with legality uncertain
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Before her daughter’s birth, the woman had spent weeks in bed. Another difficult pregnancy would be…