FDA panel backs Pfizer’s low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers…
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COVID-19 vaccination clinic returns to Metro transit center
DOWNTOWN – Vaccinations against COVID-19 are being offered Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Civic Center Transit Center, at 14th and…
COVID-19 vaccines for ages 5 to 11 could be ready as soon as next week
WASHINGTON — The next wave of the massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign could begin as soon as next week, after federal regulators…
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…
Where are the workers? Cutoff of jobless aid spurs no influx
(AP) — Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement…
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…
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…
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…
Inquiry into obscene gesture by St. Louis County health official not released
ST. LOUIS (AP) — No details are being released to elected officials or the public about an internal investigation into…
New HUD rule seeks to prevent public housing evictions
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration is trying to prevent evictions from public housing for nonpayment of rent, seeking…
Supreme Court justices are back at court for new term
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court returned to the courtroom Monday for the start of a momentous new term, after a…