Pandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z, poll shows
Isolation. Anxiety. Uncertainty. The stresses of the coronavirus pandemic have taken a toll on Americans of all ages, but a new poll…
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Companies rethink return-to-office plans amid Omicron virus cases
(AP) — Companies of all sizes are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new Omicron…
Missouri Attorney General tells schools, health departments to end COVID orders
Attorney General Eric Schmitt instructed school districts and local public health departments to immediately stop enforcing health orders a judge…
At-home COVID tests to be covered by insurance; details still to come
WASHINGTON — State health officials welcomed on Thursday President Joe Biden’s plan to require private health insurers to reimburse Americans…
CDC confirms St. Louisan as Missouri’s first Omicron coronavirus case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Health officials have confirmed that a resident of St. Louis has the first case of the…
St. Louisan may have new Omicron COVID-19 variant
ST. LOUIS – The city’s health officials have been notified that a city resident has a presumed case of the…
Missouri health department found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findings public
Mask mandates saved lives and prevented COVID-19 infections in Missouri’s biggest cities during the worst part of the Delta variant wave,…
Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his…
Missouri opens coronavirus vaccine booster to all adults
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — All adults in Missouri are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster, the state health department…
Nation’s overdose deaths top 100,000 in one year
NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health…
Reporting change adds almost 2,800 COVID-19 deaths to Missouri total
Missouri’s COVID-19 death toll increased by more than 20 percent Thursday afternoon, to more than 15,000 fatalities. The 2,771 deaths…
Some states forge ahead with COVID-19 booster shots for all adults
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are expected as soon as Friday to expand access to COVID-19 booster shots to all…
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…
St. Louis County sees big jump in new COVID-19 cases
CLAYTON (AP) — New COVID-19 cases in St. Louis County rose more than 40% in a week, pushing Missouri’s largest…
As workers flail in pandemic, employers expand mental health benefits
As the COVID-19 pandemic burns through its second year, the path forward for American workers remains unsettled, with many continuing…
Food banks struggle to feed hungry amid surging prices
(AP) — U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new…