COVID-19 booster shots to roll out starting next month
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. health officials announced a plan Wednesday to begin offering COVID-19 booster shots to Americans starting Sept. 20, with…
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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…
Pfizer to discuss vaccine booster with U.S. officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker’s request…
FDA expected to OK Pfizer vaccine for teens within week
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12…
County will use Pfizer to replace J&J vaccine; plenty of doses available
ST. LOUIS COUNTY • County Executive Sam Page said that pausing the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine was the right thing…
County prosecutor Bell sets virus vaccine example
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell received his second injection of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday. The prosecutor…
More COVID-19 vaccines in pipeline
A huge U.S. study of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate got underway Monday as states continue to roll out scarce supplies…
Missouri pharmacies prep for COVID-19 vaccines
More than 23,000 initial shots of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across Missouri, where by Wednesday 5,474 people in Missouri…
Officials stay cautious about COVID-19
CITY HALL – The arrival of the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in St. Louis may mean the end…
Panel backs second vaccine, by Moderna; FDA expected to OK use
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, paving the way for the shot to…
Health care workers in Missouri start getting coronavirus vaccine
(AP) — Health care workers in both of Missouri’s urban areas received doses of the coronavirus vaccine Monday afternoon —…
FDA allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be…
Missouri vaccinations could start Thursday, official says
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri expects to receive more than 220,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines by about Christmas if federal…
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine gets nod from U.S. panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just…
Vaccines may arrive quickly in St. Louis
CITY HALL – With federal approval of a vaccine for COVID-19 expected quickly, city officials are busy preparing to get…
First vaccines to health workers, nursing homes, panel says
NEW YORK (AP) — Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when…