COVID-19 Testing

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.

Wastewater tests are designed to provide an early warning system so that public health officials can ward off outbreaks.

People will be able to go to COVIDTests.gov and get four free tests per household, starting Monday. The Biden administration says it is trying to prepare for the fall and winter COVID season.

In total, 25 school districts onboarded and 119 schools participated in the testing program, a small fraction of the schools across the state.

In recent weeks, the BA5 variant has accounted for almost half of all COVID cases in Missouri. But state data doesn’t show how many people have contracted the BA.5 variant or include indicators like age, race or gender.

Washington University’s researchers used Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s emergency room patients to run clinical trials of 24 different COVID-19 tests.

Missourians are encouraged to use tests obtained through the state before processing ends after March 31.

The Center for COVID Control is just one of the many COVID-testing sites around the country that have faced scrutiny over its legitimacy.

The Biden administration announced Friday that Americans can begin ordering free at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 19. Orders can be placed using the website COVIDtests.gov.

Health workers are treating more than 1,020 people with COVID-19 inside St. Louis hospitals, the highest number of inpatient hospitalizations since the pandemic began. The task force reported 61 patients 18 and younger are hospitalized with the disease.