Adding antigen tests to Missouri COVID-19 report will boost positive case counts
Data on COVID-19 infections that local health departments have been reporting for months – and telling their residents represent the…
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Feds to ship millions of tests in bid to reopen schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Monday that the federal government would begin distributing millions of rapid coronavirus tests…
Coronavirus spreading in southeastern Missouri
(AP) — The mostly rural Bootheel region of Missouri is seeing high numbers of confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but…
Coronavirus testing advice called ‘public health version of Vietnam’
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials sparked criticism and confusion after posting guidelines on coronavirus testing from the White…
Trump wants virus testing slowed to avoid bad statistics
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing…
Virus testing focuses on long-term care facilities
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is expanding coronavirus testing to high-risk places where people are in close contact, with an…
State workers seek more protection from COVID-19
COLUMBIA (AP) — Advocates for Missouri state workers called Thursday on Gov. Mike Parson to do more to protect employees…
Missouri to test workers at food packing plants
(AP) — Missouri health officials are hoping that a new testing strategy will help quickly identify people infected with the…
Virus hits employee, closes testing site in The Ville
THE VILLE — CareSTL Health has had to suspend service at its site at 2425 N. Whittier St. after an…