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As Cahokia Heights residents found themselves continuously sick with respiratory conditions, heart problems, and bacterial infections they had one question — where were the health officials?

You may have heard the ticks are bad this year due to the mild winter or ticks are getting worse in Missouri, but what’s the reality of these claims?

More people are dying than being born in Missouri — what experts refer to as a “demographic winter.” St. Louis University professor Ness Sandoval explains where we are and what it will take to reverse course.

The study's findings build on prior evidence that in-person learning is safe and does not contribute to COVID-19 outbreaks when schools implement safety measures.

Even many symptomatic patients and exposed health workers who are able to get a COVID-19 test must wait nearly a week to get results. Others get results in hours. Here's why it varies so much.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will investigate whether a waste incinerator is poisoning people in Sauget.A federal agency within the CDC…

Researchers at St. Louis University are recruiting volunteers to test a new vaccination for avian influenza.The vaccination targets the H7N9 strain, which…

St. Louis-area organizations are working to remove some of the barriers that prevent LGBTQ students from applying to and staying in college.LGBTQ high…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 29, 2012 - The number of Missouri children facing risks from lead poisoning has risen sharply…