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St. Louis officials are weighing new restrictions on businesses to limit the spread of the coronavirus. People across the city continue to test positive for the virus, Mayor Lyda Krewson said.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will cancel performances through the end of the year, a move prompted by the continued spread of the coronavirus.

Michael Kinch is as eager as anyone for a COVID-19 vaccine. But the Washington University professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics is also worried about the potential implications of rushing through development and FDA approval, especially with so much political pressure in the mix.

A year ago, high school student Dakota Warren could often be found in the backyard of biologist Patty Parker, catching birds in an effort to get blood samples. When she wasn’t in Parker’s yard, she was busy in Parker’s lab at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, conducting DNA research with those samples. This summer, Warren planned to return to Parker’s lab, but then the pandemic hit. And like most people with any plans for 2020, Parker and her teenage interns had to rethink theirs.

In the past few months, Black therapists have seen a growing number of African American clients. Many are coming in to discuss the lingering trauma of police brutality and racism, St. Louis psychologist Rimiko Thomas said.

The head of the Missouri Health Department stands by his decision not to recommend statewide masks or social distancing policies, even as the federal government has designated the state a “red zone” for new coronavirus cases.

“I don’t know what tomorrow looks like. Nobody does," John Mozeliak said

As a resurgence of coronavirus slams southern Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday his office will file an emergency rule that would allow local authorities to enforce mask requirements to prevent the spread of the disease.

Face masks are hot, itchy and awkward. But they're among the best ways to help keep the coronavirus from spreading. St. Louis doctors and public officials have been pleading for people to wear them in public for months. They say where, when and how you wear a mask makes a difference.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, a Taylorville Republican, announced Wednesday he has contracted the coronavirus disease.