by Alisa Nelson | Jan 5, 2021 | Health / Medicine, News
If you have already had COVID-19, health experts still advise people to wear a mask and get the vaccine. Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, an infectious disease specialist at Washington University in St. Louis, tells Missourinet there is a period of time after your symptoms...
by Alisa Nelson | Dec 10, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News
Missouri is partnering with the CDC, Washington University and St. Louis University to help local K-12 schools and public health leaders review current COVID-19 measures. CDC workers arrived over the weekend to begin working on the first-ever pilot project within...
by Alisa Nelson | Nov 25, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will have boots on the ground in Missouri Monday to begin a first-of-its-kind COVID-19 study within some K-12 schools. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams says the state pitched the...
by Alisa Nelson | Sep 8, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The state of Missouri is working with Washington University in St. Louis to offer its new COVID-19 saliva test statewide soon. Officials reportedly hope to launch the tests later this month or in October. During a press conference in St. Louis, Missouri Economic...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 3, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News
A Medicaid expansion measure is one of the hot items at the ballot box in Tuesday’s primary election. Missouri voters will be asked whether to expand Medicaid to another 230,000 low-income adults. Currently, about 950,000 Missourians get government-funded healthcare....
