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David Kovaluk/St. Louis Public RadioCounty health centers and St. Louis-area hospital systems have launched online forms where people can pre-register to receive coronavirus vaccinations. -
Chad Davis/St. Louis Public RadioThe St. Charles County Department of Public Health kicked off a vaccination effort Tuesday by giving doses of the coronavirus vaccine to health care workers and emergency personnel. Officials will use the Family Arena over the next seven weeks to vaccinate those who work or live in St. Charles County.
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Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday that law enforcement personnel, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and other emergency workers are eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine. Missourians 65 or older or those with chronic health conditions will be eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine starting next week.
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Weeks into Missouri's vaccine distribution, workers at independent clinics wonder where they fall in line. They describe having to broker their own deals with large hospitals and health departments to find doses, with little guidance from state officials.
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About 105,000 health care workers in Missouri have received their first dose of the two-shot vaccine. That’s about one-third of the state’s more than 350,000 patient-facing health care workers.
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A large share of construction workers in Missouri, southern Illinois and Kansas are being diagnosed with muscle and joint injuries each year, according to a large analysis of union health care data from Washington University, and many are prescribed opioid painkillers.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, told doctors and students at Washington University School of Medicine on Thursday that communication and empathy are key to treating patients during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hospitals struggled with a shortage of health care workers before the coronavirus pandemic, but they’re really stretched thin as they admit hundreds of patients with the virus every day. To fill gaps in the workforce, hospitals in the St. Louis region are relying more on temporary workers.
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It's been two weeks since coronavirus vaccines arrived in Missouri's two largest metro areas. Now they are starting to arrive in smaller cities.
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Most military personnel will be waiting until spring for a COVID-19 vaccination.
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With new cases of COVID-19 in the St. Louis area moderately declining in recent weeks, St. Louis County officials have opted to ease restrictions on restaurants and bars.
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Mercy Health will soon begin construction on a clinic in Ferguson that will provide medical and mental health care to residents in north St. Louis County. The 5,500-square-foot health center will anchor a planned Florissant Avenue development that includes a grocery store and youth center.
