CDC endorses updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters for this fall
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed off on the approval from the agency’s independent vaccine advisers that recommended an…
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CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID-19
(AP) — The nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves…
Why pregnant people were left behind while vaccines moved at ‘Warp Speed’
Kia Slade was seven months pregnant, unvaccinated, and fighting for breath, her oxygen levels plummeting, when her son came into…
Many faith leaders wary of religious exemptions for vaccine
By the thousands, Americans have been seeking religious exemptions in order to circumvent COVID-19 vaccination mandates, but generally they are…
State’s war on public health shows extent of national rift
ST. LOUIS — Republican Missouri state Sen. Mike Moon believes that COVID-19 vaccinations, especially among children, should cease until the…
Disabled activist speaks out about feeling ‘disposable’
SAN FRANCISCO — In early January, one of the country’s top public health officials went on national television and delivered what she…
Opinion: Vaccine mandates have always faced resistance and saved lives
Health care professionals had high hopes that rapid vaccination of our entire U.S. population would slow COVID-19 transmission and stem…
Anti-vaccine protesters rally against Senate confirmation of Missouri health director
State health director Donald Kauerauf adamantly spoke against mandating face masks and COVID-19 vaccines during a hearing Monday, as anti-vaccination…
Opinion: After a breakthrough COVID infection, I believe in the vaccine more than ever
In April, when I received my first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, I was hopeful for the first time in over a…
Most health departments say no thanks to state funds for vaccine gift cards
As the delta variant ran rampant this summer, Missouri officials pleaded with the federal government to allow a $100 gift…
Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-COVID vaccinations
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a…
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…
CDC panel to discuss expanding COVID booster shots Friday
NEW YORK (AP) — An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all…
Shipments of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5-11 on the way to states
WASHINGTON — Regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization on Friday to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for 5-…
COVID-19 vaccination clinic returns to Metro transit center
DOWNTOWN – Vaccinations against COVID-19 are being offered Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Civic Center Transit Center, at 14th and…
COVID-19 vaccines for ages 5 to 11 could be ready as soon as next week
WASHINGTON — The next wave of the massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign could begin as soon as next week, after federal regulators…