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UPI Patricia Bolden receives the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from Missouri National Guardsman Herbert Lin at Cambridge Senior Living Center in St. Louis in March. St. Louis health officials are trying to persuade one patient at a time to get the COVID-19 vaccine as the state’s vaccination rate falls. Instead of relying on large-scale clinics that distribute thousands of shots a day as it once did, the city’s health department is working with smaller community organizations and clinics to persuade skeptical patients to get the shot. “Our goal at this point is to mak...

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St. Louis Public Radio St. Louis County Executive Sam Page (left) and St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones announce Friday at City Hall that mask mandates and social distancing requirements would be lifted, effective immediately. Updated at 2:25 p.m. May 14 with additional information St. Louis and St. Louis County on Friday rescinded their mask mandates and social distancing requirements, aligning themselves with The CDC said Thursday that adults fully vaccinated from the coronavirus could safely resume activities indoors and outdoors without masks or distancing. The federal health officials sa...

St. Louis Public Radio A pharmacist reconstitutes a bottle of coronavirus vaccine at Christian Hospital in St. Louis last month. St. Louis health officials are bringing the COVID-19 vaccine to homebound residents, instead of waiting for them to come to clinics or other distribution sites. The St. Louis City Department of Health is working with the city's Fire Department and the St. Louis Area Agency on Aging to vaccinate residents who can’t leave their homes because of their age or disability. “We realized early on we needed to connect with and partner with organizations who regularly pro...

U.S. Army St. Louis health officials say more children and teens are now getting sick from the coronavirus than in previous months. St. Louis health officials say more children and teens are now getting sick from the coronavirus than in previous months. In the past week, children and teens 19 and younger have made up 22% of the city’s new coronavirus cases, said Dr. Fred Echols, acting director of the St. Louis Department of Health. That’s up more than 10 percentage points from what health officials have seen throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The uptick comes as several states report s...