COVID-19 cases rising rapidly in Missouri
For much of October, there were so few new COVID-19 cases in Knox County, Health Director Lori Moots said she…
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COVID-19 hot spots offer sign of what could be ahead for U.S.
The contagious Delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North,…
Infighting, bad predictions hindered Missouri response to virus’s Delta variant
Dr. Robin Trotman had an inkling his Springfield hospital system was experiencing a harbinger of what was to come. It…
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…
Missouri COVID cases for September top July’s toll
The coronavirus Delta variant wave that hit Missouri in May and peaked in early August continued to abate in September, but the decline has been slow.…
COVID-19 vaccine works in children ages 5-11, Pfizer reports
Pfizer said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S.…
Missouri tops 11,000 reported COVID deaths, doubling total from 2020
The number of Missouri deaths from COVID-19 reported since Jan. 1 has exceeded the number reported during 2020. As of…
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…
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…
Schools to continue mask rules despite legal challenge from Missouri Attorney General
The schools in Gov. Mike Parson’s hometown will continue to require students, teachers and staff to wear masks indoors despite…
Jaco: Missouri’s COVID Taliban wants your kids
Four things happened in the past few days. St. Louis-area kids returned to in-person school; new figures show hospital ICUs…
U.S. mulls COVID vaccine boosters for elderly as early as fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning of tough days ahead with surging COVID-19 infections, the director of the National Institutes of Health said…
Missouri tops 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 during pandemic
(AP) — The death toll from COVID-19 in Missouri has topped 10,000, according to the state health department’s coronavirus dashboard…
Delta variant surge appears to be peaking in Missouri
Missouri is seeing the first signs that the Delta variant surge may have crested, though many areas still suffer from rising COVID-19…
COVID vaccines likely to get FDA’s full OK within weeks, Fauci hopes
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Sunday that he was hopeful…