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Gov. JB Pritzker Thursday morning announced a reinstated mask mandate for all Illinoisans aged two and over in public indoor settings, in addition to making Illinois the seventh state in the nation to require teachers get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Missouri’s ambitious school testing plan landed with a thud. What it can teach us now about keeping the delta variant out of classrooms.
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Some in public health now argue that when providers use such monitoring programs to cut off prescription opiate misuse, people who have an addiction instead turn to heroin and fentanyl.
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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual care was seen as a fringe movement that wouldn't work as well as in-person visits. All that has changed in the past year.
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Missourians have driven hours to find vaccines in rural counties — at least those with cars and the time. Tens of thousands of doses are waiting to be distributed, slowly being rolled out in a federal long-term care program. Waitlists are hundreds of thousands of people long. Black residents are getting left behind.
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St. Louis County is easing restrictions on businesses and gatherings that officials implemented earlier to help keep the coronavirus from spreading. County Executive Sam Page said the changes are made possible by a decline in coronavirus cases.
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St. Louis County Public Health Co-Director Spring Schmidt joined "St. Louis on the Air" to talk about kids and COVID-19, youth sports restrictions and, yes, the importance of flu shots.
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For months, doctors and public health experts have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could get worse as temperatures drop in the fall and more people head indoors to socialize. St. Louis University public health professor Enbal Shacham discussed the best ways to socialize while staying safe with St. Louis Public Radio.
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There is no obvious benchmark for school leaders to use to decide whether it’s safe for teachers and students to be in classrooms together.
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Updated at 8 p.m. March 10 with confirmation from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed…