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This post was updated daily through June 5 with information about the coronavirus in the Kansas City metro. For more recent and ongoing coverage, go to…

Para leer este artículo en Español, haga clic aquí.KCUR is working around the clock to keep you as informed as possible about the latest COVID-19 news in…

Media experts say better news literacy was needed before the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. But the rapid spread of misinformation along with the…

UPDATE Saturday, March 14: One of the two "presumptive positive" cases of COVID-19 announced by the governor Friday is in Clinton, Missouri. The Henry...

A Springfield resident who recently returned from Europe is the second person in Missouri to test “presumptive positive” for COVID-19, officials said...

Segment 1: Answering your medical questions about coronavirusThe spread of coronavirus has monopolized the world’s attention and people have a lot of…

Updated at 8 p.m. March 10 with confirmation from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed...

Updated at 9 p.m., March 8 with comments from St. Louis County officials The father and sister of a St. Louis County woman who recently tested positive...

Tammy Wilson loved the outdoors and was happy to spend her days working at Meramec State Park in the central part of Missouri.Her family often stopped by…

This story was updated at 2:39 with comments from a spokeswoman for the St. Joseph Health Department.More than 15 percent of children tested in seven…

A respiratory ailment that sent some 500 children to Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City appears to be tapering off.The enterovirus D68 can cause…

The flu is widespread in Kansas and Missouri. It has been an especially rough season, but some say relief may be on the way.Charlie Hunt, the state…