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The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Jan. 7 the state is at a 鈥渉igh鈥 level for respiratory illness activity. Between COVID, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and norovirus, some health care professionals say we are experiencing a 鈥渜uademic."
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The federal health department nominee has a history of spreading false information, but he could find a partner in Illinois on food regulations.
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Federal officials have accepted an application that would grant St. Louis County鈥檚 three clinics special status that would add $6 million a year to the health department鈥檚 budget.
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By fostering relationships with neighborhoods and community organizations that are already connected to young people, Wil Pinkney believes the City of St. Louis can better address the root causes of violence.
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St. Louis has the highest rates of syphilis infection in the state. Local health officials want to slow the spread in parts of the city where resources are scarce.
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After more than three years and thousands of COVID-19 deaths in Missouri, the end of the public health emergency heralds a new phase in which the virus is present but less dangerous to the general public.
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In Missouri, the average person born in 2021 could expect to live to be 74.6 years old, a whole three years younger than the average age ten years ago. The state鈥檚 drop is part of a nationwide decline, though the life expectancy in Missouri is lower than the United States average.
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鈥淎lmost every social movement of the 20th century has a bathroom story to it,鈥 says historian Bryant Simon.
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The Rev. Kenneth McKoy is St. Louis鈥 鈥減astor of the streets.鈥 A new documentary that tells his story premieres July 17 at the St. Louis International Film Festival.
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Researchers say even a small amount of the toxin can harm kids鈥 development. One 2021 study found Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri had some of the highest rates of elevated blood lead levels in children.