Out of the 50 states, Missouri ranks last in the nation in terms of the percentage of its residents who have received the initial shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. Only…
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Missouri's vaccine campaign called too slow
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri isn’t vaccinating people quickly enough to create widespread immunity by this summer, health experts say. To produce enough immunity to COVID-19 to make the virus…
Rapid expansion blamed for vaccine shortages
Public health experts are blaming COVID-19 vaccine shortages around the U.S. in part on former President Donald Trump’s administration’s push to get states to vastly expand their vaccination drives. The…
Mass vaccination sites planned across Missouri
(AP) — Missouri plans mass vaccination sites by the end of the month in an effort to get more protection against COVID-19 to more people, Gov. Mike Parson said Wednesday.…
Coronavirus deaths rising in 30 states
NEW YORK (AP) — Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly…
Polio vaccine offers lessons for COVID-19
I nervously fell into a long line of fellow first-graders in the gymnasium of St. Louis’ Hamilton Elementary School in the spring of 1955. We were waiting for our first…
Missouri map shows vaccine sites; not all providers have doses
Wondering where to go to get a coronavirus vaccine in Missouri? On Friday, the state launched an interactive map detailing where more than 1,100 providers are situated across the state. But…
Public can watch Missouri vaccine panel's meetings
As state health officials rolled out Missouri’s plan to distribute the coronavirus vaccine, decisions were informed by a group called the Advisory Committee on Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution. For the…
Local officials hope, worry as virus strains health system
ST. LOUIS – Officials entered 2021 with the hope that vaccines will eventually eliminate the scourge of COVID-19, but also with the fear of what may happen if things get…
Missouri hospitals see glimmer of hope in COVID-19 stats
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri hospitals are beginning to see a glimmer of hope as new cases of COVID-19 decline, but the possibility of a post-holiday surge is keeping them…
More COVID-19 vaccines in pipeline
A huge U.S. study of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate got underway Monday as states continue to roll out scarce supplies of the first shots to a nation anxiously awaiting relief…
U.S. taking hard look at variant of coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials believe the coronavirus mutation that set off alarms in parts of Britain is no more apt to cause serious illness or be resistant to…