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Scientists at Washington University have found that patients hospitalized with the flu can display long-term effects similar to those found in long COVID patients. The scientists studied Veterans Administration records to compare outcomes of the two viruses.
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Dr. Alexander Garza said the best way to prepare for a future pandemic is to improve social resources, such as food access, education and transportation.
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The Chesterfield Democrat represents a portion of northern and northwestern St. Louis County on the council.
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St. Louis officials cited the rise in transmission of coronavirus cases and other respiratory illnesses for the updated mandate.
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Wastewater tests are designed to provide an early warning system so that public health officials can ward off outbreaks.
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Illinois officials now recommend the use of masks in certain settings as COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen across the state in recent weeks.
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While the coronavirus is circulating less widely than in previous years, an uptick in hospital admissions of COVID-19 patients and a number of employees getting sick with the virus, flu and other illnesses led BJC to put the mask requirement in place, system officials said.
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The allegations center around the more than $50 million St. Clair County received from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan Act.
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Illinois advocates have continued calls to speed up contributions to new Illinois schools funding formula.
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The federal goverment has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines that protect people against getting dangerously sick. But the shots are being distributed through commercial means for the first time, and patients have reported canceled appointments and insurance denials.