COVID-19

Ehlmann is not running for a sixth term as St. Charles County executive in 2026. He's been involved in elected service as a state lawmaker, a judge and county executive since the late 1980s.

During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government issued emergency protections that barred states from removing people from the government-funded health insurance program for low-income people and families. That changes this month.

The number of kidney donations dropped during the pandemic. Authors of a new study that shows kidneys from patients with COVID-19 are safe to transplant will instill confidence in patients and health providers.

The Missouri Hospital Association's annual report shows vacancies and turnover rates at the state's hospitals have decreased since the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2021. But they remain high, and employers are concerned about the future workforce.

In total, the federal government allotted St. Clair County more than $50 million to help it respond to and recover from the public health emergency.

The Lee’s Summit School District won its countersuit against the then-Missouri attorney general when a judge ruled Eric Schmitt could not order schools to cease their COVID mitigation efforts.

After more than three years and thousands of COVID-19 deaths in Missouri, the end of the public health emergency heralds a new phase in which the virus is present but less dangerous to the general public.

Anthony Fauci, who became a nationally recognized face of the public health response during the coronavirus pandemic, told graduating medical students to fight scientific disinformation during a commencement speech in St. Louis on Monday.

Did pandemic policies that reduced jail populations lead to an increase in violent crime? Two new reports say “no.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government prevented states from kicking people off MO HealthNet, Missouri's Medicaid health insurance program. That provision ends April 1, and state residents will once more need to prove their eligibility for the low-cost coverage.