Kendall Crawford

After the deadly bird flu hit egg-producing flocks, the supply of eggs shrank dramatically. That’s led to historically high prices for consumers.

At a board meeting on Tuesday, St. Louis Public Schools voted to require the COVID-19 vaccine for all employees. The policy takes effect in mid-October.

After the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at least one hospital system in Missouri announced it would mandate the shots for employees. Just over half of Missouri adults are fully vaccinated, and doctors hope the full approval will persuade more skeptical patients to seek out the shot.

In many school districts, there is a tense debate mounting over whether teachers should discuss the role racism and discrimination have played throughout our nation’s history.

Most St. Louis County school districts will require masks in school buildings to protect students at a time when the number of coronavirus cases is rising.

St. Louis-area schools will open their classrooms to students this fall. But some parents plan to keep their children at home to protect them from the coronavirus.

Washington University is providing University City High School teachers with tools to teach about climate change. The program could later expand to other St. Louis schools.

With the St. Louis County indoor mask mandate in dispute, business owners are left wondering how to proceed.

After months of being able to go mask-free, people in St. Louis and St. Louis County will be required to wear masks indoors to keep the coronavirus from spreading — even if they've gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.

More young people are pursuing careers in medicine after witnessing the impact of the pandemic.

The fields of sunflowers will be in bloom from mid-July to mid-August for public viewing and photo-taking.

Washington University will no longer have campus police respond to mental health emergencies.