COVID-19

Some fear the decision will make it hard for low-income Missourians to access affordable COVID-19 testing, even though testing provided by doctors and clinics will still be covered.

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.

Four students from MICDS talked about how they’re approaching the 2024 presidential election.

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.

Wastewater testing helps track COVID trends. Currently, COVID levels in wastewater are surging in Missouri as well as in much of the U.S.

The funds were initially allocated in 2021, but the original legislation had challenges to it and needed to be revised, said SLDC President Neal Richardson.

KIDS COUNT, an annual child wellness report, found 20% of students in Missouri and 27% of students in Kansas were chronically absent in 2021-2022.

Study finds COVID-19 boosters keep boosting, even facing new variants.

More than 660,000 Illinoians were disenrolled from the state's Medicaid program following the expiration of a COVID-era congressional rule requiring states to keep patients enrolled during a public health crisis.

For many in the Class of 2024, this year's commencement ceremony will be a first. That’s because they’re also the Class of 2020, and the coronavirus pandemic canceled — or dramatically scaled back — their high school ceremonies.