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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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Health
Parents hunting for baby formula as shortage spans U.S.
(AP) — Parents across the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula as supply disruptions and a massive safety recall…
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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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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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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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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
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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Health
U.S. adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw more Americans drinking heavily or using illicit drugs…
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Coronavirus
Missouri spent millions on pandemic no-bid contracts; lawmakers debating reforms
After the state spent tens of millions of dollars through emergency, no-bid contracts at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Coronavirus
Pandemic medical innovations leave behind people with disabilities
Divya Goel, 35, of Orlando, Fla., is deaf and blind. She has had two telemedicine doctors’ appointments during the pandemic;…
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Coronavirus
CDC’s new guidelines on COVID risk, masking send confounding signals
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced updated COVID-19 guidelines that relaxed masking recommendations, some people no doubt…
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Education
Students with disabilities are not getting help to address lost opportunities
Even before the pandemic hit, 98% of U.S. school districts said they didn’t have enough special education teachers to serve all the…
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Health
Calls to overhaul methadone distribution intensify, but clinics resist
Days typically start early for patients undergoing opioid addiction treatment at Denver Recovery Group’s six methadone clinics in Colorado. They…
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Coronavirus
On second anniversary of first Missouri COVID-19 case, city’s mask mandate is over
ST. LOUIS (AP) — On the second anniversary of Missouri’s first COVID-19 case, St. Louis city’s mask mandate has ended.…
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Coronavirus
As COVID slogs on, older adults’ resilience falters; fatigue, fear grow
Late one night in January, Jonathan Coffino, 78, turned to his wife as they sat in bed. “I don’t know…
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Health
Millions on Medicaid are at risk of losing coverage in months ahead
Federal and state officials are bracing for a great unwinding: millions of people losing their Medicaid benefits when the pandemic…
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Coronavirus
Missouri plotting official ‘end’ to COVID-19 pandemic as soon as March, document says
The state of Missouri is planning an official end to the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health crisis and will transition…
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Coronavirus
‘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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Politics
Before ouster, Missouri health director drafted letter to senators that was never sent
On the Friday before a drawn-out confirmation battle ended with his ouster from office, Missouri state Health Director Donald Kauerauf wrote…
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Religion
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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Coronavirus
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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Health
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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Education
Bills aim to ban out-of-school suspensions through third grade
As a student in Hickory County R-1 school district, state Rep. Ian Mackey often struggled with following the rules of…
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