COVID-19
Missouri lawmakers approved a $1.2 billion Covid-19 relief package Wednesday that will fund contract tracing, testing and child support payments. Gov. Mike Parson called the Legislature into a special session in October to approve the aid. He added a lawsuit bill…
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By the end of this year, Missouri will have enough doses of a COVID vaccine to give the initial shot to most of the state’s roughly 350,000 long-term care facility residents and staff and healthcare providers, state health department director…
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Soon-to-be-released COVID-19 vaccination kits with vaccination cards will be used to keep track of COVID-19 shots,. The U.S. Department of Defense released images of the kits on Wednesday, which will be distributed through Operation Warp Speed. "Everyone will be issued…
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Rising COVID-19 case counts and an upward creeping death count in Missouri have had a domino effect on hospitals in the region. The rate for hospitalizations to cases in the Kansas City region sits at 17.3 percent, according to the…
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A resounding consensus on which groups should receive the first doses of a new COVID-19 vaccine has been determined after a vote from CDC panel on Tuesday. The panel consists of 15 voting members responsible for making vaccine recommendations and…
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The end of November brought sobering news for the Midwest and the Kansas City region. Both Kansas and Missouri set new records in COVID-19 case counts. The statewide trend in each was also seen in the seven-county metro, where the…
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As part of the Unified Government’s (UG) CARES Act request, the UG Commission recently approved $825,000 to support the Economic Development Department’s WYCO Loves Local Small Business grants. The WYCO Loves Local initiative was created to encourage continued growth and…
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Established statewide plans for how the first COVID-19 vaccine will be distributed reveals healthcare workers will be the first to receive the shot, both in Missouri and Kansas. Although a viable COVID-19 vaccine has not yet been released to the…
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Originally put on hold due to COVID-19 case outbreaks, debate on a $1.3 billion COVID-19 spending bill resumes this week in the Missouri Senate. The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to meet Tuesday, and the full Senate will spend Wednesday debating the…
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