COVID-19

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.

Many COVID-19 patients report both physical and psychological problems after leaving the hospital. Their experience is referred to as “post-intensive care syndrome.” Now a new University of Missouri-St. Louis psychosocial rehabilitation group aims to help adults age 50 and older as they deal with the syndrome and the overall recovery process. On Tuesday's "St. Louis on the Air," clinical geropsychologist Ann Steffen, a professor of psychological sciences at UMSL, described why such a group is necessary for those recovering from the virus.

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.

Created using a common livestock virus, the lab-engineered hybrid virus infects human cells and interacts with antibodies like the coronavirus but is safer to work with in the lab. Researchers at Washington University are now testing the new virus as a possible coronavirus vaccine candidate.

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.