Children
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Coronavirus
FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy children ages 5-11
U.S. regulators have authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance…
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Coronavirus
CDC estimates 3 in 4 children have had coronavirus infections
Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans…
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Kids
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…
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Coronavirus
City health department to host pediatric vaccine virtual town hall
ST. LOUIS – The city’s health department is planning a virtual town hall on COVID-19 vaccination of children ages 5-11,…
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Politics
Will children count? State panels debate new House, Senate districts
Before slavery ended in 1865, large numbers of Missourians didn’t count in the population base used to allocate the seats…
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Coronavirus
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-…
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Coronavirus
FDA panel backs Pfizer’s low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers…
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Coronavirus
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…
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Crime
Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers…
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Coronavirus
Orphaned, infected, in crisis: How the pandemic is traumatizing children
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic has brought heartbreaking consequences for millions of U.S. children, even as most avoided serious illness themselves,…
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Coronavirus
COVID-19 vaccine works in children ages 5-11, Pfizer reports
Pfizer said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S.…
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Coronavirus
Sixth child dies of COVID in Missouri as official vows change
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s new health czar lamented that the pandemic had become so embroiled in politics as another…
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Education
Thousands get COVID in first weeks of school in Missouri
Thousands of Missouri children have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the new school year began, and at least one rural…
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Coronavirus
With schools in session, doctors fear new child COVID wave
Children are making up an increasing number of patients filling Missouri hospitals during the summer COVID-19 surge, and some doctors…
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Coronavirus
COVID cases among children rising as Missouri Delta variant wave enters fifth month
Clay LaRue, superintendent of the Van Buren R-1 School District, made a tough decision Sunday. With COVID-19 cases spiking in…
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Education
Who has the power to say students do or don’t have to wear masks?
Legal battles over masks in schools are being fought across the country. Rather than clarifying policy, these legal challenges have…
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Coronavirus
Missouri COVID cases, hospitalizations rise as officials warn of infections in children
Missouri’s average of daily COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations have reached levels not seen since January, with health officials warning that…
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Coronavirus
Parents excited over prospect of virus shots for children
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — After more than a year of fretting over her 13-year son with a rare liver disease,…
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Coronavirus
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…
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Coronavirus
Momentum grows for closing gaps in U.S. vaccine requirements
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren,…
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Coronavirus
Area researchers eye COVID-19-related disorder in children
(AP) — Medical researchers in St. Louis are trying to determine why a small percentage of children and young adults…
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Business
Mr. Potato Head brand plugs in to gender-neutral trend
(AP) — Hasbro created confusion on Thursday when it removed the gender from its Mr. Potato Head brand but not…
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Coronavirus
Increase sought in tax credit for domestic violence shelter donations
A group of donors walked through the halls of Rainbow House, an emergency children’s shelter in Columbia, Mo.. Artwork from…
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Business
Child poverty an inner focus of virus relief plan
BALTIMORE (AP) — Tucked inside President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is a seemingly radical notion that children…
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Crime
Murdered children and the selfishness of St. Louis
Say their names. Dmyah Fleming was 7. She liked to help her grandmother make cookies, especially with pink frosting. Kevin…
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Coronavirus
Next up in push for COVID-19 vaccine: Testing shots in children
The global hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine for children is only just beginning — a lagging start that has some…
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Coronavirus
Child coronavirus deaths echo adults’, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — A detailed look at COVID-19 deaths in U.S. children and young adults released Tuesday shows they…
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Coronavirus
Pharmacists get OK to give childhood shots
NEW YORK (AP) — Pharmacists in all 50 states are now allowed to give childhood vaccinations under a new directive…
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Coronavirus
Parson clarifies comments on schoolchildren, virus
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson is clarifying comments he made in a radio interview in which he said…
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Coronavirus
Inflammatory disease shows up among young patients here
(AP) — A rare inflammatory syndrome affecting some children with the coronavirus has appeared in a small number of cases…
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