A Facebook group hailed by local media for helping St. Louisans find vaccination sites for scarce COVID-19 vaccines is facing criticism and defections for banishing group members who post about…
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St. Louis NAACP files complaint on lack of prisoner vaccines
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis NAACP has filed federal civil rights complaints against Missouri over the lack of coronavirus vaccinations for prisoners. No Missouri prisoners have been vaccinated…
COVID confusion due to crackpot ideology
I got my COVID-19 vaccine by accident. As a certified geezer (70, cardiac pacemaker, blah blah blah) I wanted to see where and when I might possibly receive a vaccine.…
County prosecutor Bell sets virus vaccine example
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell received his second injection of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday. The prosecutor invited the media to his medical appointment to raise awareness…
Average new U.S. virus cases drop below 100,000
ATLANTA (AP) — Average daily new coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections…
Parson disputes complaints about St. Louis vaccine doses
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — An irritated Gov. Mike Parson defended on Thursday the state’s distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and accused St. Louis area health officials of misleading residents about the…
Feds to start sending coronavirus vaccine to pharmacies
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration will begin shipping COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies next week, ramping up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are appearing,…
City, other Missouri sites host mass vaccination clinics
ST. LOUIS (AP) — About 1,800 people received the coronavirus vaccine Saturday on the third day in a row of large vaccination events in St. Louis. Altogether, about 4,500 people…