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Missouri Virus Hospitalizations Sets Record as Cases Surge

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy APJanuary 10, 2022Leave a comment

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The number of people being treated for COVID-19 across Missouri continues to set records as virus cases surge across the state and strain hospital capacity. The state Department of Health and Senior Services said 3,235 people were hospitalized with the virus statewide and about 15% of the state’s hospital beds remained…

CDC Posts Rationale for Shorter Isolation, Quarantine

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy APJanuary 5, 2022Leave a comment

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are explaining why they recently shortened their COVID-19 isolation and quarantine recommendations. They also clarified that the guidance applies to school kids as well as adults. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintained that, for people who catch the coronavirus, testing is not required to emerge…

Legislative Leaders to be Deposed in Mask-Related Lawsuit

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy APJanuary 4, 2022Leave a comment

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Senate President Dave Schatz and former House Speaker Elijah Haahr are expected to be deposed in a federal lawsuit filed by a former House employee who alleges he was fired for expressing concerns about a lack of masks and other COVID-19 related measures. Tad Mayfield says in the federal…

2,500 US Flights Canceled due to Storms, Virus

Home - National, National, NewsBy APJanuary 3, 2022Leave a comment

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Wintry weather combined with the pandemic to frustrate air travelers whose return flights home from the holidays were canceled or delayed in the first days of the new year. More than 2,500 U.S. flights and more than 4,100 worldwide were grounded Sunday, according to tracking service FlightAware. That followed Saturday’s mass…

600 Cars in Line at COVID-19 Testing Site in Lincoln County

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy APDecember 31, 2021Leave a comment

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The latest COVID-19 surge in Missouri has residents scrambling to get tested, but having difficulty finding a place to do it. Urgent care centers, pharmacies and other places offering COVID-19 tests are struggling to keep up with demand. In the small eastern Missouri city of Winfield, a state-sponsored site had been,…

New COVID-19 cases in US Soar to Highest Levels on Record

Home - National, National, NewsBy APDecember 30, 2021Leave a comment

CHICAGO (AP) — More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. have soared to their highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average. The surge has been driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant. The previous mark was 250,000 cases per day,…

US Officials Recommend Shorter COVID Isolation, Quarantine

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy APDecember 28, 2021Leave a comment

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are cutting isolation restrictions for asymptomatic Americans who test positive for the coronavirus and shortening the time that close contacts have to quarantine. People with the virus can leave isolation after five days, down from 10 days. People exposed to the virus can also leave quarantine after five…

St. Louis County Leader Warns Worst of Virus Surge Coming

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy APDecember 28, 2021Leave a comment

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 cases is rising sharply in Missouri’s largest county, and officials warn that case counts will almost certainly rise over the next couple of weeks as the omicron variant takes hold. St. Louis County officials said Monday that the county of about 1 million residents averaged 619 new…

Officials: St. Louis Area ‘Not as Safe’ as COVID Cases Soar

Home - Local, Local, NewsBy APDecember 24, 2021Leave a comment

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area health officials said Thursday that the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus appears to be fueling a surge in cases. The St. Louis County health department said Thursday in a news release that “the community is not as safe as it was a month ago.” Officials urged the…

Omicron may Sideline Two Leading Drugs Against COVID-19

Home - National, National, NewsBy APDecember 20, 2021Leave a comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The rapidly-spreading omicron variant may soon leave U.S. doctors without two of the standard treatments they’ve used to fight COVID-19. Antibody drugs from Regeneron and Eli Lilly have been the go-to drugs to keep patients out of the hospital. But the drugmakers have warned that their infused medications are far less potent…

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