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Through grainy video on a recent Facebook live event, Missouri health director Dr. Randall Williams explained who was currently eligible for a COVID-19…
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This story was produced by Side Effects Public Media, a news collaborative covering public health.The recent COVID surge was enough to push BJC Healthcare…
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State health leaders are beginning to release their plans for distributing a COVID-19 vaccine — whenever one becomes available. All states were required…
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One by one, COVID-19 outbreaks popped up in April and May at meatpacking plants across the country, fanning fears that the infectious coronavirus could…
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Colleges are rolling out a dizzying diversity of COVID-19 containment plans for students and staff. Some have no plans for routine testing, while others aim to test everyone on campus twice a week.
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Rural Carthage, Mo., is home to a growing community of Latin American immigrants. Language barriers and economic stress have made it harder to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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More than 1,200 people in Missouri have died from COVID-19. As the toll rises each day, the human aspect can get obscured. Angela Kender is looking to…
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Seth Thompson learned about COVID-19 early. He’s an engineer in Carthage, Missouri, a town of just under 15,000 that sits along historic Route 66 in the…
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When physician Erik Martin left his home in southwest Missouri to help with New York’s COVID-19 outbreak in April, his county had fewer than 10 confirmed…
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Glenda Cervantes’s work at the Saline County Health Department usually involves helping people see if they qualify for social services. But for the last…