/tags/mask-mandates Mask Mandates en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:35:04 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-01-05/st-louis-requires-masks-for-city-workers-recommends-them-to-the-public St. Louis officials cited the rise in transmission of coronavirus cases and other respiratory illnesses for the updated mandate. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:35:04 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-01-05/st-louis-requires-masks-for-city-workers-recommends-them-to-the-public Sarah Fentem /coronavirus/2023-12-14/bjc-again-enforces-masks-for-staff-citing-higher-flu-and-covid-numbers While the coronavirus is circulating less widely than in previous years, an uptick in hospital admissions of COVID-19 patients and a number of employees getting sick with the virus, flu and other illnesses led BJC to put the mask requirement in place, system officials said. Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:00:00 GMT /coronavirus/2023-12-14/bjc-again-enforces-masks-for-staff-citing-higher-flu-and-covid-numbers Sarah Fentem /government-politics-issues/2023-07-12/mo-supreme-court-weighs-who-can-appeal-ruling-on-state-health-regulations After a Cole County judge invalidated the regulations in 2021, then-Attorney General Eric Schmitt decided not to appeal the case. Local governments, which had used their authority granted by the regulations to issue pandemic-era restrictions such as mask mandates, wanted the right to defend them in court. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:04:19 GMT /government-politics-issues/2023-07-12/mo-supreme-court-weighs-who-can-appeal-ruling-on-state-health-regulations Rachel Lippmann /law-order/2023-05-31/missouri-attorney-general-lacked-authority-to-order-schools-to-drop-mask-rules-judge-rules The Lee’s Summit School District won its countersuit against the then-Missouri attorney general when a judge ruled Eric Schmitt could not order schools to cease their COVID mitigation efforts. Wed, 31 May 2023 10:06:00 GMT /law-order/2023-05-31/missouri-attorney-general-lacked-authority-to-order-schools-to-drop-mask-rules-judge-rules Jodi Fortino /health-science-environment/2023-03-16/st-louis-health-director-urges-caution-as-hospitals-drop-mask-requirements Three years into the COVID pandemic, some St. Louis-area hospitals have decided to drop mask requirements, citing decreased infection levels. Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:16:06 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-03-16/st-louis-health-director-urges-caution-as-hospitals-drop-mask-requirements Will Bauer /health-science-environment/2022-06-16/faisal-khan-st-louis-countys-acting-health-director-to-resign St. Louis County’s Department of Public Health director is stepping down from his post in early September. The county will search for a new leader before his departure. Thu, 16 Jun 2022 23:24:37 GMT /health-science-environment/2022-06-16/faisal-khan-st-louis-countys-acting-health-director-to-resign Chad Davis /coronavirus/2022-06-02/st-louis-health-director-considers-mask-requirement-as-coronavirus-spreads-again St. Louis is seeing rising numbers of coronavirus cases, and the city’s health director is again considering recommending public health measures, including mask requirements, to protect people from the virus. Thu, 02 Jun 2022 10:02:14 GMT /coronavirus/2022-06-02/st-louis-health-director-considers-mask-requirement-as-coronavirus-spreads-again Sarah Fentem /education/2022-05-20/missouri-attorney-general-files-6-new-lawsuits-against-st-louis-county-schools The districts facing new litigation have all been previously sued by Schmitt and include the Special School District of St. Louis County, Maplewood Richmond Heights, Clayton, Ladue, Webster Groves and Mehlville. Fri, 20 May 2022 15:13:07 GMT /education/2022-05-20/missouri-attorney-general-files-6-new-lawsuits-against-st-louis-county-schools Tessa Weinberg /government-politics-issues/2022-05-02/few-mask-lawsuits-remain-as-missouri-ag-asks-legislature-to-clarify-law-behind-legal-blitz Eric Schmitt has refused to drop three of his 47 lawsuits against school districts, while the Lee’s Summit district filed a counterclaim against the attorney general. Mon, 02 May 2022 12:44:52 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-05-02/few-mask-lawsuits-remain-as-missouri-ag-asks-legislature-to-clarify-law-behind-legal-blitz Tessa Weinberg /education/2022-03-30/schools-turn-scary-for-high-risk-children-with-covid-mask-mandates-gone Despite the politicized rhetoric around masking in schools, federal judges have ruled that schools can be required by law to protect medically vulnerable children. Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:21:08 GMT /education/2022-03-30/schools-turn-scary-for-high-risk-children-with-covid-mask-mandates-gone Brian Munoz