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…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A suburban St. Louis health director says he was called racial slurs and physically assaulted after defending a mask mandate to combat COVID-19. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports St. Louis County Health Director Dr. Faisal Khan in response raised his middle finger during a Tuesday county council meeting. Khan was defending…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The man fatally shot near a light rail station in St. Louis was a government media relations official struck by stray gunfire from a dispute he had nothing to do with. Police say 48-year-old Craig LeFebvre was killed Tuesday night in a shooting at the MetroLink station on South Grand…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis County health officials say more than 20 cases of the illness known as cyclosporiasis have been confirmed since the end of May, of which 13 people reported having eaten premade salads. Health officials say most cases have been reported in West St. Louis County in the Ballwin-Chesterfield-Fenton areas and all cases…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Today is World AIDS Day. This has the St. Louis and St. Louis County Health departments offering free HIV screening today. AREA TESTING SITES: North Central Community Health Center 4000 Jennings Station Road Pine Lawn, MO 63121 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Missouri History Museum 5700 Lindell Blvd St. Louis, MO…