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…
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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…
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…
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…
Jaco: St. Louis’s newest COVID treatment is an expensive right-wing favorite
The choice seems simple: Prevent COVID with a cheap vaccine that’s being offered free, or wait until people catch COVID,…
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…
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…
Missouri ICUs filling as Delta variant wave hits northeast, southeast regions
New cases from the Delta variant wave that has killed more than 1,150 Missourians since June 1 have plateaued but hospital ICUs continue…
More COVID-19 shots, studies offer hope for schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials offered new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren threatened by COVID-19 on Friday as Gulf…
Pandemic uncovers rising suicide rates among people of color
Rafiah Maxie has been a licensed clinical social worker in the Chicago area for a decade. Throughout that time, she’d…
Sites offering antibody treatments aim to help high-risk Missouri COVID-19 patients
Missouri is opening antibody treatment centers in several counties in the hopes that they’ll keep some high-risk patients with COVID-19…
Lawmakers seek accounting of emergency purchasing authority given to Missouri agencies
Missouri lawmakers pressed for more details Wednesday on the unprecedented decision by state officials to suspend some procurement rules at…