Spike in hospitalizations due to Delta variant underscores need for COVID-19 vaccination, experts say
As the Delta variant of the coronavirus has spiked in areas of the country with low vaccination rates, the staff…
Missouri
With COVID-19 and delta variant surging, Missouri needs to mask up again
Missouri’s COVID-19 crisis is worsening. Which means we do have to go back to wearing masks in more situations. We…
Delta strain of COVID-19 surges in Midwest, low vax areas
The highly contagious Delta strain of COVID-19 is surging in the Midwest and other areas with low vaccination rates, the White…
17 deaths reported in Springfield area amid COVID-19 surge
Seventeen more residents of southwest Missouri have died of COVID-19 in Greene County’s latest reporting period as the area has…
Televangelist Jim Bakker to pay $156K for false COVID-19 cure claims
Convicted fraudster Jim Bakker and his church are paying up over claims that a health supplement could cure COVID-19. Bakker,…
A rapid COVID-19 vaccine rollout backfired in some US states
Despite the clamor to speed up the US vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the…
Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus
Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle…
Mississippi governor says his goal ‘has never been to get rid of the virus’ in defense of his decision to end COVID-19 mask mandate
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves speaks on Covid-19 testing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on…
House GOP slams Cuomo, Schumer payout in Biden COVID-19 bill
House Republican leaders on Wednesday slammed funding for New York in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill — claiming…
Pfizer expects to cut COVID-19 vaccine production time by close to 50% as production ramps up, efficiencies increase
Pfizer expects to nearly cut in half the amount of time it takes to produce a batch of COVID-19 vaccine…