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COVID-19, RSV and the flu cases are filling up emergency rooms in the metropolitan area. Many area hospitals are at capacity, with some even putting beds in the hallways. All of this is overwhelming nurses already stretched thin.

Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, have been surging among children in the Kansas City area and around the country. But locally, cases could start heading in the opposite direction.

In a typical year, RSV is prominent from mid-November through April. But this year, health officials have seen higher than usual case numbers since mid-summer.

COVID cases in the Kansas City area are trending downward but infectious disease doctor warns that focus must remain on mitigation practices.

Parts of rural Missouri are experiencing a rise in case numbers due to the more easily transmissible Delta variant.

With state vaccination rates stagnating, the coronavirus variant is flourishing in parts of Missouri and a partnership between KCUR and The Beacon dives into the what the pandemic has revealed about longstanding inequities.

Missouri just topped 400,000 coronavirus cases and a new strain of the coronavirus is being reported in the United Kingdom, but experts remain optimistic about vaccines.

The reporters behind a new KCUR and Kansas City Star investigation break down the allegations against a former Kansas City, Kansas detective and experts answer your questions about the coronavirus vaccine rollout.

Social distancing and mask wearing are paramount in stopping the spread of COVID-19, but that doesn't mean you should stop cleaning.

Cleaning is still very important to stopping the spread of the coronavirus, a Kansas City program is now offering free digital music lessons, tax breaks are costing Kansas City Public Schools tens of millions of dollars a year, and a student newspaper editorial says the University of Kansas should reverse course on in-person classes.

Researchers around the world are exposing items to a particular kind of ultraviolet light to kill the coronavirus.

How two Kansas City eateries are weathering the coronavirus pandemic, an update on the $25-million renovation at the Truman Presidential Library, and how UV-C light is helping fight COVID-19.