Although COVID-19 is not completely gone. Cases and hospitalizations across the country are down drastically. Experts are saying there are reasons to be 'cautiously optimistic' about the future of ...

MISSOURI, USA — Last year, when COVID-19 vaccines were still free, barely one in five Americans rolled up their sleeves for the latest dose. Now that some people will have to pay $100-plus for the ...

Variants and poor vaccination rates among young populations are partly to blame. Sherry Weldon thought the worst of the pandemic was over for Livingston County, a rural area in northern Missouri, ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Since the state health department no longer updates its COVID-19 dashboard on weekends, the cases, deaths, and rolling average remain the same for the three-day period (Friday, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The average positivity ...

KANSAS CITY, MO. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declared the end of the COVID-19 crisis in Missouri and said the state will be transitioning to an endemic recovery phase, effective April 1. This means ...

Part of the problem is low vaccination rates, experts said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assigned two federal "surge team" members to Missouri this week to help fight the state's ...

Missouri recorded its first positive case of what was then known as "the novel coronavirus" on March 7, 2020. Two years later, the virus persists throughout the Show-Me State, the U.S. and the world.

Missouri’s COVID response was the worst in the region, across multiple metrics, including hospital usage. That’s according to the Commonwealth Fund, a national health-focused private foundation. Its ...

Schools across the U.S. are getting some much-needed upgrades from the COVID relief package known as the American Rescue Plan. That's true in Missouri, where the state legislature decided how to ...

Gov. Mike Parson said on Wednesday that the coronavirus is here to stay, but the public health crisis in Missouri is over. The change means Missouri will stop providing daily reporting of COVID-19 ...

Okun Fieldhouse in Shawnee, Kansas, is one place where people can get their shot, but only by appointment. Only 66% of adults in Missouri are fully vaccinated, the 10th lowest rate in the country. But ...