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Chabon, who is this week receiving the 2020 St. Louis Literary Award, talks with "St. Louis on the Air" host Sarah Fenske about his successes, his struggles and how the joy of good sentences sustains him.

The pandemic knocked the wind out of the billion-dollar industry of college athletics. But local athletic directors are hopeful the COVID-19 vaccine will bring back regular programming.

A two-week blitz by advocates for St. Louis’ homeless population kept an estimated 260 people out of the cold, even as freezing temperatures have blanketed the region for nearly two weeks. Advocates Alex Cohen and Tim Huffman discussed the effort, and the reasons it was necessary, on St. Louis on the Air.

Coronavirus cases are leveling off at most colleges and universities in the St. Louis region after several reported spikes following winter breaks. But St. Louis University is telling students to stop partying.

Nearly one-third of Missourians are now eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine — if they can find it. The confusion is prompting some to ethicists remind people that it's important that people wait until the most vulnerable get their shots first.

The Federal Statistical Research Data Center will be housed at Washington University’s Danforth Campus.

Humanities and liberal arts majors are in the crosshairs, as colleges focus on programs that are in greater demand and generate more revenue.

Epidemiologists at St Louis University say the rate of new coronavirus cases significantly decreased in St. Louis and St. Louis County after government officials began requiring people to wear masks in public.

Many universities plan to finish the fall semester completely virtually in an effort to prevent students from spreading the coronavirus on campus after traveling over the holiday break. School officials said they hope to avoid clusters of infections similar to ones that popped up on campuses after Labor Day and Halloween.

St. Louis University and Washington University are testing coronavirus vaccines through large-scale clinical trials. To determine if the vaccines are effective, researchers are looking for people who are likely to get sick.