by admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Education, Health / Medicine, News
A freshman Missouri lawmaker is calling on the Parson administration to prioritize teachers for COVID vaccinations. State Rep. Michael Burton, D-Lakeshire, wants to see teachers moved from tier three to tier two. “Right now, there’s a potential that they...
by admin | Feb 5, 2021 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
Missouri’s governor announced Thursday in Jefferson City that there have been issues with the COVID vaccine distribution process, and warns that there will be consequences for vaccinators that allow people to jump the line. Governor Mike Parson briefed Capitol...
by admin | Dec 31, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s governor announced Wednesday in Jefferson City that more than 66,000 frontline health care workers and nursing home residents and staff have received the initial COVID vaccine. Governor Mike Parson tells Capitol reporters that he’s pleased with...
by admin | Dec 18, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) says at least 145 veterans living at Missouri veterans homes have died from the coronavirus, since September. 39 of those deaths happened at the state veterans home in northwest Missouri’s Cameron, while 29 have occurred at...
by Alisa Nelson | Nov 24, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Pfizer’s manufacturing plant in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield is one of three company locations in America set to make a COVID-19 vaccine. The drug maker has asked the Food and Drug Administration to approve emergency use of its immunization it says has been...