When businesses need to make payments to consumers, there can be inconveniences on both sides of the transaction. Inefficiencies with traditional payment methods, such as wasted time and unnecessary costs, cause frustration for both payors and payees.
Setting up systems to deliver payments for things such as incentives and rewards, rebates, insurance claims, legal settlements or health care patient refunds can create managerial headaches and expenses. Manual payments must be generated, tracked and…
Americans older than six months should get an updated Covid-19 booster this fall, according to a recommendation the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Tuesday.
The vaccine should be available by later this week, the CDC said in a statement.
“We have more tools than ever to prevent the worst outcomes from Covid-19,” said Director Mandy Cohen. “CDC is now recommending updated Covid-19 vaccination for everyone 6 months and older to better protect you and your loved ones.”
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Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday announced Judge Kelly Broniec as his choice to fill an open seat on the Missouri Supreme Court.
Broniec, 52, currently serves as chief judge of the Missouri’s Eastern District Court of Appeals in St. Louis. She will fill the vacancy left by Judge George W. Draper III, who retired earlier this month. With Broniec’s appointment, women now make up four of the seven seats on the court.
It’s the second time Parson has gotten to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. In 2021,…
Logan Ely says that both of his current restaurant concepts were “born in a weird time," as The Lucky Accomplice, at 2501 S. Jefferson Ave., opened in fall 2020, and Press, at 2509 S. Jefferson Ave., on the same block in the city’s Fox Park neighborhood, opened in spring 2022.
A group of six Missouri sports teams are behind proposed initiative petitions that were filed Friday with the Missouri Secretary of State’s office with an intent of having sports wagering be approved by voters in the November 2024 election.
Hospital Sisters Health System, which operates several facilities in Metro East, said that as of Wednesday morning, it has "successfully restored functionality" to its EPIC electronic health records platform as it continues to recover from a cyberattack late last month.
A youth golf center at a Superfund site, a new early childhood center and the expansion of a lavender farm are among the projects chosen by the city of St. Louis for its final round of $10 million in federally funded Neighborhood Transformation grants.
An Israeli company developing treatments for cancers and rare disease said Monday it has received approval for a new drug after completing clinical trials in partnership with Washington University.
Charter Communications has launched a new “proactive maintenance” program designed to spot minor issues before they noticeably impact customers’ service and expects to complete 1 million-plus service calls through the program this year across its cable, internet and voice services in the 41 states where it operates.
The proposed “kill vehicle” is designed to destroy the missiles during their glide phase, before they begin rapid maneuvers and become more difficult to target.
A nationwide residential property management company is heavily expanding its presence in St. Louis with the acquisition of a local property management company.
Marijuana dispensaries and warehouses across Missouri are holding on to more than 62,000 products in special vaults.
The state suspects that they were infused with a questionable THC concentrate, or distillate, purchased from a Robertsville-based licensed marijuana manufacturer called Delta Extraction.
Delta Extraction is fighting to get the Aug. 14 recall overturned — and one of the company’s main arguments is that the products were tested by state-licensed labs and don’t pose a health risk…
On Monday night, the St. Charles County Council unanimously approved a property tax freeze for area seniors.
It was made possible after the state legislature passed a bill last session allowing for cities and counties to help out aging homeowners on fixed incomes. This property tax freeze would start next year and would be based on those property values for all St. Charles County residents 62 and older.
The St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann said there has been some pushback from schools…
Washington University in St. Louis joined University of Missouri Health as the latest provider of care to transgender minors to announce it is canceling pre-existing prescriptions for puberty blockers or hormone-replacement therapy.
A new state law restricting access to gender-affirming care bars those under 18 from beginning new treatments. But in a compromise with opponents of the ban, lawmakers grandfathered in patients who had begun a medical transition before the law went into effect on Aug.…
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