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....
by admin | Jul 22, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, News
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development will be a part of the national effort to find a COVID-19 vaccine. The two private schools are part of the COVID-19 Prevention Network...
by Alisa Nelson | May 11, 2020 | News, Science / Technology
Later this month, north St. Louis County native Bob Behnken will put on his spacesuit and command the historic SpaceX flight to the International Space Station. He will strap into his seat in the cockpit of the Dragon spacecraft and fire up the vehicle. After a...
