COVID-19 Impacts

Loss of smell is one of the telltale signs of COVID-19, affecting up to 80% of patients by some estimates. Though there is no cure, an experimental therapy currently being tested at Washington University has given some patients hope.

There were not enough votes to tack on an emergency clause that would have allowed the legislation to go into effect immediately.

St. Louis clinics and health centers are focusing on ways to make sure seniors and people without transportation can get to COVID-19 vaccination sites.

The Rev. Allison Wible, a hospital chaplain for Mercy Hospital St. Louis, reflects on the quiet, unseen moments she’s been witness to over the past year as she works with COVID-19 patients and their families.

Essential workers across food service, nursing homes and janitorial services say they’re risking their health and safety as they go into work every day during the coronavirus pandemic.

Many St. Louis attractions and hotels are preparing for next year even though there is no end in sight to the pandemic.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra finished its fiscal year with a balanced budget but reported a $3.2 million loss in earned revenues due to canceled or postponed shows. SLSO President and CEO Marie-Hélène Bernard said staff furloughs and salary cuts will continue.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra returns to Powell Hall this week. Seven months after the coronavirus pandemic shut down events, the symphony kicks off a shortened season of "chamber orchestra concerts."

“Teaching in Room 9” offers local students reading and math four days a week and social studies and science each Friday via the Nine Network. St. Louis' PBS affiliate boasts well over 350 episodes, and more than a half-million views from local students.

Illinois is starting to award grants to renters to help them catch up on late payments. But the need far outpaces the funding available and more than 50...