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Coronavirus
COVID visitor restrictions curbed under new Missouri laws ensuring access to patients
Borne out of frustrations over health care facilities’ visitor restrictions during the pandemic, a pair of bills signed by Gov.…
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U.S. grapples with whether to modify COVID vaccine for fall
U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified…
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Opinion
Opinion: COVID in Black and white shows systemic racism
“When white folks catch a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” We’ve known this old adage for years but never before…
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Business
Many baby formula plants weren’t inspected because of COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a year, but they did not…
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Opinion
Opinion: What if our leaders were hungry? Our future leaders are
In 2020, 6.1 million U.S. children (about the population of Missouri) lived in households where both adults and children struggled to…
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Coronavirus
FDA outside advisers recommend Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines for children under 5
WASHINGTON — Parents of children under 5 are one step closer to protecting them against COVID-19 after the U.S. Food…
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Coronavirus
Governor signs law shielding doctors prescribing ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine
A bill signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson Tuesday will shield health care providers from losing their medical licenses…
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Coronavirus
8,500 Missourians may have survived COVID if all had been vaccinated
If all of Missouri’s adults were vaccinated against COVID-19, more than half of the more than 14,000 deaths attributed to…
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Coronavirus
COVID vaccine for children under 5 could be available as soon as June 21
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration is preparing to ship out to the states millions of COVID-19 vaccines for children…
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Politics
Remote voting in the U.S. House hits a second anniversary, but it may be its last
After two years of a temporary provision to allow remote voting in the U.S. House, the top 36 users of…
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Education
Attorney General is preparing new round of school mask lawsuits
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is preparing for a new round of lawsuits challenging school mask rules if districts reinstate orders in…
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Coronavirus
None of Missouri’s $35.6 million to tackle COVID health disparities has been spent
In March 2021 President Joe Biden’s administration announced it was investing $2.25 billion to address COVID health disparities, the largest federal funding…
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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
Few eligible families have applied for government help to pay for COVID funerals
On a humid August afternoon in 2020, two caskets ― one silver, one white ― sat by holes in the…
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Health
Hospitals’, nursing homes’ power to limit COVID visitors will be restricted
Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, Missouri lawmakers sent to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk legislation that aims to ensure residents…
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Politics
Judge dismisses Missouri AG’s mask lawsuit against St. Charles school district
A St. Charles County Circuit Court judge dismissed Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit Thursday against the local school district’s now-rescinded…
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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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Coronavirus
CDC launches new forecasting center for infectious diseases
A new U.S. government center aims to become the National Weather Service for infectious diseases — an early warning system…
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Politics
Missouri Republicans push plan to prohibit local eviction moratoriums
Eviction moratoriums designed to keep people in their homes during the pandemic have drawn the ire of Missouri lawmakers, with…
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Politics
Attorney General Schmitt’s budget slashed over COVID lawsuits
A key Missouri legislator upset with Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s aggressive campaign of lawsuits against local governments and school districts cut $500,000…
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Business
Legislators weigh blocking COVID visitor restrictions at hospitals, nursing homes
State Rep. Ed Lewis had just hours to say goodbye. In March 2020, his mother, 89, had to go to…
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Health
It’s not just doctors and nurses: Veterinarians are burning out, too
At the park near Duboce Triangle in San Francisco, 5 p.m. is canine happy hour. About 40 dogs run around,…
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Business
Lawmakers look for path ahead on billions in restaurant, small business aid
WASHINGTON — Restaurants and other businesses that have survived more than two years of COVID-19 restrictions could see an infusion…
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Business
Efforts to make protective medical gear in U.S. falling flat
UNIVERSITY CITY (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the U.S., sales of window coverings at Halcyon Shades quickly…
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Opinion
Opinion: COVID in children can bring lifetime of diabetes – and soaring insulin prices, unless Congress acts
As nurses, my husband and I witnessed truly awful and devastating things treating patients on the frontlines of this pandemic.…
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Business
St. Louis man gets 10 years in prison for coronavirus aid fraud scheme
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man with a long history of stealing and fraud convictions was sentenced Tuesday…
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Health
Months-long waiting for Medicaid coverage is a sign of what’s to come
Korra Elliott has tried to avoid seeing a doctor while waiting to get on Medicaid. She worries she can’t afford…
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Coronavirus
Parson declares end to ‘COVID-19 crisis’; state will treat virus as endemic
Missouri will officially transition from treating COVID-19 as a public health crisis to treating it as endemic, much like the…
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Coronavirus
Second COVID boosters now open to people 50 and up, others at risk
Americans 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last…
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Health
Omicron subvariant is nothing to sneeze at, public health experts say
Is your nose running from spring allergies or COVID-19? What’s around the corner as the virus continues to mutate? Dr.…
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