vaccination
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Coronavirus
Why pregnant people were left behind while vaccines moved at ‘Warp Speed’
Kia Slade was seven months pregnant, unvaccinated, and fighting for breath, her oxygen levels plummeting, when her son came into…
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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
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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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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Opinion
Opinion: Vaccine mandates have always faced resistance and saved lives
Health care professionals had high hopes that rapid vaccination of our entire U.S. population would slow COVID-19 transmission and stem…
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Health
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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Opinion
Opinion: After a breakthrough COVID infection, I believe in the vaccine more than ever
In April, when I received my first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, I was hopeful for the first time in over a…
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Coronavirus
Most health departments say no thanks to state funds for vaccine gift cards
As the delta variant ran rampant this summer, Missouri officials pleaded with the federal government to allow a $100 gift…
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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
Missouri opens coronavirus vaccine booster to all adults
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — All adults in Missouri are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster, the state health department…
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Coronavirus
CDC panel to discuss expanding COVID booster shots Friday
NEW YORK (AP) — An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all…
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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
COVID-19 vaccination clinic returns to Metro transit center
DOWNTOWN – Vaccinations against COVID-19 are being offered Thursday, Oct. 28, at the Civic Center Transit Center, at 14th and…
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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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Coronavirus
Fauci says trick-or-treating this year is fine
WASHINGTON – The government’s top infectious diseases expert says families can feel safe trick-or-treating outdoors this year for Halloween as…
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Religion
Cherry-picking Bible verses has been done for centuries, before anti-vaxers
A devout evangelical Christian recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. “Jesus went around healing…
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Coronavirus
Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5-11 may be available in November
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19…
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Coronavirus
Who will get a booster shot? A Q-and-A about what the feds are saying
WASHINGTON — Booster shots soon will begin rolling out to some Americans who received the two-shot vaccine made by Pfizer—after…
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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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Opinion
Opinion: ‘Mild’ breakthrough case of COVID-19 can be unpleasant surprise
The test results that hot day in early August shouldn’t have surprised me — all the symptoms were there. A…
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Coronavirus
COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S.…
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Coronavirus
High staff vaccination rates help nursing homes ward off COVID
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nursing homes in Missouri with the vast majority of staff vaccinated tend to have strikingly lower…
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Religion
Many faith leaders say no to endorsing vaccine exemptions
As significant numbers of Americans seek religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates, many faith leaders are saying: Not with our endorsement.…
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Sports
St. Louis Blues to require COVID-19 vaccinations or negative test results
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues will require fans and visitors who are 12 and over to show…
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Business
Concert venues bank on proof of vaccination, negative COVID tests to woo back fans
MARYLAND HEIGHTS — Fans of the band Wilco could have reasonably interpreted frontman Jeff Tweedy singing “I Am Trying to…
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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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Education
More COVID-19 shots, studies offer hope for schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials offered new hope for the safety of U.S. schoolchildren threatened by COVID-19 on Friday as Gulf…
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Crime
Warrant Forgiveness Days to reduce arrests, boost vaccinations
ST. LOUIS – A double dose of freedom from arrest on outstanding warrants and from COVID-19 is being offered this…
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Coronavirus
Southwest Missouri health system requires employee vaccines
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — One of Missouri’s biggest hospital systems announced Monday that it would require its employees to get…
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Coronavirus
FDA grants full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 shot, now known as ‘Comirnaty’
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has its first fully approved vaccine against COVID-19, with federal health officials announcing Monday the approval of Pfizer-BioNTech’s…
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