Coronavirus

In a change from previous federal recommendations, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved this year's shots only for older people and those with underlying health conditions.

Long COVID patients who visit a Wash U clinic say they’re being directed to another center after the clinic’s medical director has moved on.

DHSS distributed the federal money in the form of grants and contracts to organizations such as the Missouri Immunization Coalition, which educates and advocates for immunizations.

The company is developing diagnostic devices that can detect airborne pathogens in just minutes.

As levels of the coronavirus have increased in Missouri and across the country, the federal government has approved updated vaccines to protect against COVID-19. The virus itself has changed, and along with it, guidelines for how to keep others safe.

More than 20 people have caught coronavirus at the state-run facility. They're among three dozen residents and workers at three of the state’s five veterans homes who have caught the virus.

Scientists at Washington University have found that patients hospitalized with the flu can display long-term effects similar to those found in long COVID patients. The scientists studied Veterans Administration records to compare outcomes of the two viruses.

Missouri landlords were found to cash in on the State Assistance for Housing Relief program even as they failed to provide basic maintenance and upkeep.

St. Louis officials cited the rise in transmission of coronavirus cases and other respiratory illnesses for the updated mandate.

While the coronavirus is circulating less widely than in previous years, an uptick in hospital admissions of COVID-19 patients and a number of employees getting sick with the virus, flu and other illnesses led BJC to put the mask requirement in place, system officials said.