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Lynn Horsley/KCUR 89.3Hours after Kansas City loosened restrictions on business, Missouri's health department announced it had found evidence that a highly transmissible COVID-19 variant has been spreading throughout the state. -
The state health department has provided few specifics on where the more dangerous COVID-19 variant may be spreading.
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As pressure builds to get people vaccinated before the virus’s more transmissible variants take hold, people throughout Kansas City are finding that the criteria for getting a shot are different from state to state, hospital to hospital.
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With nearly one-third of Missourians eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, some ethicists are reminding people that it's important that people wait until the most vulnerable get their shots first.
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University of Missouri scientists have tested about 3,000 wastewater samples from water treatment plants, prisons, veterans homes and colleges.
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The federal government will send doses of the coronavirus vaccine to 81 Walmart and Sam's Club pharmacies across the state.
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Antigen tests now comprise about a third of COVID-19 tests conducted in Missouri but their results are not included in case counts.
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Tracy Kolterman died on Jan. 19 at age 60 after being hospitalized for five weeks. She was a licensed practical nurse at McCrite Plaza, a nursing home in Briarcliff.
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Black and Latino residents are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. But Missouri’s plan punted creating a proposal “to assure equity is achieved” to regional teams, half of which haven’t started work.
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Only about a quarter of COVID-19 vaccines supplied to pharmacies for nursing home vaccinations in Missouri have been used.
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After Missouri opened vaccine eligibility to seniors and high-risk individuals over two weeks ago, local organizations have battled various obstacles trying to distribute the doses where they’re needed most.
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Survey data show Black Missourians are the most skeptical among all demographic groups that COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed fairly.
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Even if you fall under the current phase of the state's vaccine rollout, you'll probably have to get on a wait list because supplies remain limited.
