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Coronavirus
News & Issues

Inside the Sludge: How Experts Run COVID Wastewater Testing

Messy But Necessary

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

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curiousKC | Here’s How to Stay Healthy These Days, Say KC Health Leaders

We dissect federal COVID funding news, booster guidance, flu shot recommendations and inequities in access.

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

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curiousKC | Answers to COVID Questions You Need to Know

Your Questions Are Welcome

by Multiple Reporters

News & Issues

Uncounted: Inaccurate Death Certificates Across the Country Hide the True Toll of COVID-19

Some counties, like Cape Girardeau, have seen a spike in deaths that aren’t attributed to COVID-19. Many of them, blamed on natural causes, are likely from the coronavirus

by Multiple Reporters

News & Issues

Science Backs Mask Mandates. But in Missouri and Elsewhere, They’re Politically Toxic

Studies Have Repeatedly Found Mandates Encourage Mask Use and Slow COVID Spread. Politics and Lawsuits Make Them Unattractive to Policymakers

by Multiple Reporters

Health

10 Things KC Doctors Want You to Know About the Recent COVID Surge

‘This has been an ongoing marathon’

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

News & Issues

Confusion Around COVID Ruling Swirls as Two Missouri School Districts End Semester Early

Local health officials say they’re still waiting on guidance from the state on how to interpret a recent court ruling, and one health department requested to intervene in the case

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

News & Issues

‘What Do We Tell Our Customers?’: Labor Shortage, Material Delays Hamper Home Construction

Housing Shortage Worsened During Pandemic

by DC Benincasa, Missouri Business Alert

Arts & Culture

Federal Pandemic Program Became a ‘Godsend’ to Kansas City Venues

48 businesses in Kansas City received grants from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program.

by Celisa Calacal, KCUR 89.3

News & Issues

Judge Rules Against AG Challenge to Masks in Missouri Schools. Columbia Case Continues

If the attorney general’s office wants to challenge school mask rules across the state, it will have to do so with individual cases

by Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

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