Coronavirus

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.

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is facing a $2.5 million budget shortfall due to declining ticket sales and donations and the end of federal coronavirus pandemic relief funding. If it doesn’t raise the money, the season may be cut short .

Many wonder what the state of teaching in Illinois after the height of the coronavirus pandemic. A new report by Advance Illinois tackles that question and more.

Teaching shortages — including certain specialities — still exist in select regions across Illinois after the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

The federal goverment has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines that protect people against getting dangerously sick. But the shots are being distributed through commercial means for the first time, and patients have reported canceled appointments and insurance denials.