St. Louis County Health Department

The Mosquito Alert app invites citizen scientists to track mosquito populations in order to better understand where mosquito hotbeds are in St. Louis.

Dr. Kanika Cunningham for years has worked as a primary care physician at a community health clinic in St. Louis. As St. Louis County's new health director, she wants to bring that experience addressing patients’ medical and other needs to her work.

The St. Louis and St. Louis County health departments are urging people who are pregnant to get tested for syphilis so they do not pass it to their children. Missouri last year reported the highest number of congenital syphilis cases in the state since 1994.

St. Louis County nursing homes reported a big increase in coronavirus cases in January, the highest in nearly a year. County health officials recorded 968 cases at nursing homes last month, up from 262 cases in December.

More people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine are testing positive for the coronavirus than earlier this year, as the more contagious delta variant spreads in the St. Louis region. But such cases are relatively rare, and the vaccines protect people from serious illness or death.

Only a small fraction of St. Louis County residents have antibodies to the coronavirus, according to a recent survey launched by the Institute of Public Health at Washington University. This means that the vast majority of people in the region are still susceptible to COVID-19, says Dr. Elvin Geng, an infectious disease professor at the Washington University School of Medicine.

On the same day that the region eclipsed 2,000 deaths since March, St. Louis County leveled new restrictions on gatherings, businesses and indoor dining.

Across St. Louis County, different school districts have very different schedules when it comes to bringing students back to the classroom. Some are ready to return their oldest grades, while others have committed to staying online until next semester.

The St. Louis County Health Department is distributing free bottles of an overdose antidote to save people addicted to opioids.The department announced…

Nearly one-third of the nursing positions at the St. Louis County Jail are vacant, according to the county’s Department of Public Health. Nurses and…