Few eligible families have applied for government help to pay for COVID funerals
On a humid August afternoon in 2020, two caskets ― one silver, one white ― sat by holes in the…
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Judge dismisses Missouri AG’s mask lawsuit against St. Charles school district
A St. Charles County Circuit Court judge dismissed Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit Thursday against the local school district’s now-rescinded…
CDC estimates 3 in 4 children have had coronavirus infections
Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans…
CDC launches new forecasting center for infectious diseases
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases — an early warning system…
Efforts to make protective medical gear in U.S. falling flat
UNIVERSITY CITY (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly…
St. Louis man gets 10 years in prison for coronavirus aid fraud scheme
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man with a long history of stealing and fraud convictions was sentenced Tuesday…
Parson declares end to ‘COVID-19 crisis’; state will treat virus as endemic
Missouri will officially transition from treating COVID-19 as a public health crisis to treating it as endemic, much like the…
Second COVID boosters now open to people 50 and up, others at risk
Americans 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last…
Omicron subvariant is nothing to sneeze at, public health experts say
Is your nose running from spring allergies or COVID-19? What’s around the corner as the virus continues to mutate? Dr.…
U.S. adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw more Americans drinking heavily or using illicit drugs…
Missouri spent millions on pandemic no-bid contracts; lawmakers debating reforms
After the state spent tens of millions of dollars through emergency, no-bid contracts at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Exemptions to COVID vaccine rules face opposition in Senate committee
Bills that would bar government entities from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations and require private employers to grant religious exemptions continued to…
Schmitt drops lawsuits against Missouri schools, St. Louis
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Attorney General Eric Schmitt has dismissed most of the more than 40 lawsuits he filed against…
Republicans in Congress file suit to end mask mandate for air travel
Seventeen Republican members of Congress have sued the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, seeking an end to the…
Pandemic medical innovations leave behind people with disabilities
Divya Goel, 35, of Orlando, Fla., is deaf and blind. She has had two telemedicine doctors’ appointments during the pandemic;…
CDC’s new guidelines on COVID risk, masking send confounding signals
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced updated COVID-19 guidelines that relaxed masking recommendations, some people no doubt…