Billions of dollars in federal rental aid remains stalled
WASHINGTON — Make it simpler to apply for rental assistance money. Allow landlords to apply on behalf of unresponsive tenants. And…
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Study finds that SLU’s face mask policy reduced quarantines, COVID cases
Tying quarantine requirements to the Saint Louis University face mask requirement successfully reduced the number of students sent to isolation…
Town of Sikeston now at center of COVID surge in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The epicenter of Missouri’s COVID-19 outbreak has shifted to the state’s southeast, and no place is…
Missouri GOP vow to push back against Biden’s announced vaccine mandate
Missouri Republicans assailed President Joe Biden’s push to require employees of private businesses to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo…
Thousands get COVID in first weeks of school in Missouri
Thousands of Missouri children have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the new school year began, and at least one rural…
COVID-19 vaccines or weekly tests to be mandated for millions of workers
WASHINGTON — More than 80 million employees of private businesses in the U.S. will be required to get vaccinated against…
Missouri ERs treating people who took ivermectin in attempt to combat COVID-19
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several people have been treated in Missouri emergency rooms after taking the parasite drug ivermectin, even…
Pandemic hardship is about to get even worse for millions of out-of-work Americans
Millions of unemployed Americans are set to lose pandemic-related jobless benefits after Labor Day – just as surging cases of…
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…
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…
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…