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The Affton School District held a vaccination event for its teachers and other staff members the first day teachers were eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, March 15. Other school districts like Mehlville and Lindbergh have also hosted events to vaccinate their staff.

Missouri lawmakers pass bill limiting local health orders, banning vaccine passports

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
May 12, 2021
Mercy Hospital South Chief Medical Officer Dr. Aamina Akhtar displays a COVID-19 vaccination card, which states where and when an individual received the COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine requires two doses administered roughly three weeks apart.

Missouri vaccine allocation model to change to direct more to St. Louis; state won’t see more J&J vaccine for weeks

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
March 5, 2021
Mike Shannon, a lead maintenance driver with the St. Louis County Department of Transportation, is administered the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at St. Louis County's mass vaccination site in Ferguson. The site, which is located at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College, began public vaccinations the following day for those eligible.

After outrage over unused vaccines at rural clinics, Parson vows more STL, KC events

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
March 4, 2021
A paramedic from the Fenton Fire Protection District gives a COVID-19 vaccine shot to a woman in the community room at the Affton Fire Protection District headquarters on Gravois Road while St. Louis County Executive Sam Page visited Feb. 12, 2021.

Missouri ‘vaccination gap’ worst in St. Louis County, consultant hired by state finds

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
March 3, 2021
Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at St. Louis County's mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Wednesday, Feb. 3.

Missouri teachers and ‘critical infrastructure’ workers eligible for COVID vaccine by mid-March

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
February 26, 2021
A lawsuit argued that only state health director Dr. Randall Williams, seen here last week with Gov. Mike Parson, had the power to shut down businesses in Missouri.

Parson hints COVID vaccine eligibility will soon expand, including teachers

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
February 25, 2021
Eligible St. Louis County employees receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the St. Louis County mass vaccination site at the Florissant Valley campus of St. Louis Community College Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The mass vaccination site in Ferguson has been operating since Jan. 29, vaccinating qualified county employees ahead of the public starting Feb. 3.

Missouri data shows expanding ‘vaccine deserts’ in St. Louis and Kansas City metros

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
February 8, 2021
A nurse at Mercy Hospital South prepares the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for Mercy's Chief Medical Officer Aamina Akhtar Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Mercy South planned to vaccinate 20 workers Dec. 14 and another 20 staffers Dec. 15.

Missouri ranks last in residents vaccinated for COVID-19

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
January 27, 2021
In a photo tweeted by Gov. Mike Parson, Parson speaks at a Branson retreat in November 2020 to Missouri senators who were not wearing masks including, second from right, Sen. Andrew Koenig, R-Manchester, who represents Sunset Hills, and third from right, Sen. Paul Wieland, R-Imperial, who represents Arnold.

Targeting St. Louis County, Republican lawmakers seek to curb local control over COVID-19 health orders

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
January 26, 2021
Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine must be stored at negative 70 degrees Celsius, or nearly negative 160 degrees Fahrenheit. Components of the vaccine were developed at Pfizer's St. Louis campus.

First responders, anyone over 65, those with certain conditions to start receiving COVID vaccine in Missouri

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
January 14, 2021
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri speaks at the December 2018 christening of the USS St. Louis in Wisconsin.

Despite ‘clearly reckless’ actions, Roy Blunt says Trump should not resign

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
January 13, 2021
House Speaker Rob Vescovo, R-Arnold, speaks with House Budget Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage, during the Nov. 10, 2020 special session (photo courtesy of Tim Bommel/House Communications).

Missouri lawmakers react to Capitol riot

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
January 12, 2021
House Speaker Rob Vescovo, R-Arnold, speaks with House Budget Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage, during the Nov. 10, 2020 special session (photo courtesy of Tim Bommel/House Communications).

House speaker declares education reform a top priority for Missouri legislative session

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
January 12, 2021
The Missouri State Capitol building in Jefferson City.

South County lawmakers join Giuliani in calls to investigate voter fraud

By Tessa Weinberg and Rudi Keller
January 5, 2021
Grace Knoll, 95, a long-term care resident at St. Luke’s Surrey Place, was the first resident at the skilled nursing facility to roll up her sleeves and receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020.

Federal software error leads to fewer-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine doses sent to Missouri

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
January 4, 2021
Rep. David Gregory is pictured above meeting a constituent and her dog at a September 2020 food drive event he and Rep. Jim Murphy co-sponsored at Mehlville High School.

Most South County GOP legislators signed letter to investigate presidential election results in swing states that voted for Biden

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
December 28, 2020
Missouri facing ‘exponential and unyielding’ COVID spread. White House urges stricter measures

Missouri facing ‘exponential and unyielding’ COVID spread. White House urges stricter measures

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
November 22, 2020
Gov. Mike Parson speaks during an Oct. 27, 2020, campaign stop in Columbia. (Rudi Keller/Missouri Independent)

Mike Parson defeats Nicole Galloway in race for Missouri governor

By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent
November 4, 2020
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