Jason Rosenbaum / St. Louis Public Radio
The St. Louis region could see renewed government restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus if the number of new cases doesn’t go down within a week, St. Louis and St. Louis County leaders said Monday.
Syracuse University News Services
Nat Thomas | St. Louis Public Radio
-
The Missouri Department of Corrections releases about 19,000 people a year from its prisons, but the coronavirus pandemic has altered what typical reentry into society looks like for those individuals. -
Members of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force said that as hospitals in the St. Louis region near their capacity to treat coronavirus patients, doctors, nurses and other hospital staff are overworked and afraid.
-
Author Nini Harris has identified the places and things that can make a case for being the oldest in the metro area. Her new book from Reedy Press, “Oldest St. Louis,” explores the history of everything from that Spanish soldier’s house in Florissant to the region’s oldest McDonald’s (9915 Watson Road dates back to 1958, she writes).
-
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine is the first to have data showing that it exceeded the minimum effectiveness threshold set by the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use.
-
Missouri S&T's chancellor is pushing for more partnerships and private investment as the path for the university's growth.
-
The innovation community will host more than 60 free online panels and workshops throughout the week.
Operation Food Search and other food banks and pantries in the region are seeing significant increases in food insecurity amid COVID-19 upheaval. Members of the St. Louis community are stepping up to help, including local farms such as Ferguson-based EarthDance.