Coronavirus
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City to provide COVID-19 antigen test kits, N95 masks to at-risk residents, municipal employees
CITY HALL – The city’s health department plans to distribute 25,000 antigen test kits for COVID-19 and more than 53,000…
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‘A shock’: Health care groups kept in dark when Missouri ended COVID emergency order
When Susan Klotz heard the governor had announced he would be allowing the COVID-19 state of emergency to expire at…
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Exits by Black and Hispanic teachers pose new threat to COVID-era education
Lynette Henley needed one more year to receive her full pension after 40 years as a teacher, but she couldn’t…
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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…
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COVID vaccine for children under 5 delayed until at least April
WASHINGTON — A COVID-19 vaccine for young children will be delayed by at least two months as Pfizer and BioNTech…
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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…
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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…
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Free at-home COVID tests to be handed out to Medicare beneficiaries this spring
WASHINGTON — Starting this spring, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to get up to eight over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month…
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Staff shortages force Missouri psychiatric hospitals to seek outside help
Outside medical help has been called in to care for patients at the Fulton State Hospital as it grapples with…
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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…
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Decision nixing local COVID orders hampering health agencies’ response to other diseases
Two weeks after a Cole County judge stripped local health agencies of their ability to issue orders to mitigate the…
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Missouri hospitals ask office workers to help nurses
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hospitals across Missouri are asking staff members and administrators to take on additional duties to help…
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Pandemic changes death rituals, leaves grieving families without a sense of closure
The unexpected death of a friend and colleague to COVID-19 in January 2021 led me to start researching how American…
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New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk…
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What people can learn from one negative rapid COVID test (Hint: very little)
Julie Ann Justo, an infectious disease clinical pharmacist for a South Carolina hospital system, hoped Christmas week would finally be…
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Navy medical team heads to St. Louis to support COVID care
A Navy team of medical specialists is scheduled to arrive in the St. Louis region next week to help a…
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Missouri Senate hears bipartisan push to forgive mistakenly overpaid unemployment benefits
Tracie Engelmeyer was among hundreds of bus drivers who were furloughed in St. Louis County in March 2020 because of…
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5 things to know about ‘free’ at-home COVID tests
Americans keep hearing that it is important to test frequently for COVID-19 at home. But just try to find an…
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Parson touts COVID-19 response in annual State of State address
Gov. Mike Parson praised his administration’s handling of the still unfolding COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday, telling a joint session of the…
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Attorney General Schmitt renews threat to sue schools over mask, quarantine rules
Missouri is continuing to see record daily coronavirus infections, near-peak COVID-19 caseloads in hospitals and threats from Attorney General Eric Schmitt that he…
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COVID task force issues recommendations for small businesses
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — A task force set up to consider how to help Missouri’s small businesses recover from the…
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Surge in virus hospitalizations makes transfers difficult
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The current surge in virus cases in Missouri driven by the spread of the highly contagious…
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Online orders for free at-home COVID tests to begin Jan. 19
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday launched a new website for Americans to request up to four free COVID-19…
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COVID hits Missouri nursing homes again; staff hard hit
ST. LOUIS (AP) — COVID-19 infections are rising again in Missouri nursing homes as the highly contagious Omicron variant surges.…
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State education board keeps 36-hour virtual learning rule
NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) — School districts struggling with staff absences because of COVID-19 are facing difficult decisions about how to…
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Businesses oppose ban on COVID vaccine mandates, argue it’s their choice
Proposals that would bar COVID-19 vaccine mandates and provide greater exemptions for vaccinations more broadly faced a wave of opposition…
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COVID cases set new monthly record as Omicron variant spreads through Missouri
Missouri has reported more cases of COVID-19 in the first 12 days of January than any full month of the…
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Stressed hospitals are forced to hunt for ventilators
(AP) — Doctors in Missouri and Kansas are hunting down ventilators and running out of monoclonal antibodies as COVID-19 patient…
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History, art museums close as COVID strikes public, staffs
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Historical Society — which operates the Missouri History Museum, Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, and the MHS…
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Missouri virus hospitalizations set yet more records as cases surge
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The number of people being treated for COVID-19 across Missouri continues to set records as virus…
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