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Children Can Get Their COVID-19 Vaccine at Walgreens Beginning Saturday

2 years 10 months ago

Just in time for the holiday season, Walgreens is ready to help kiddos get vaccinated. Beginning on November 6, the pharmacy will begin to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to kids ages five to eleven.

“Walgreens pharmacy team members have significant experience vaccinating children and adolescents, and are ready to immunize this newly eligible population safely and as quickly as possible,” Kevin Ban, the chief medical officer at Walgreens, said in a statement.…
Jenna Jones

Centene to sell its majority stake in home health business

2 years 10 months ago
Centene Corp., the Clayton-based managed health care provider, said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its majority stake in U.S. Medical Management LLC. The buyers are Rubicon Founders; Valtruis, a portfolio company of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS); Oak HC/FT; and HLM Venture Partners. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Centene, which said it will keep a minority stake in the business, bought Troy, Michigan-based USMM in December 2013 for about $200 million. USMM is a management services…
Diana Barr

Kirkwood residents vote down sales tax increase, tax increases approved in Ladue, Dardenne Prairie

2 years 10 months ago
Two tax increases passed and another failed during Tuesday's municipal elections in the St. Louis area. Voters in Dardenne Prairie approved a sales tax increase and voters in Ladue approved a property tax increase. In Kirkwood, however, voters shot down a sales tax increase. The added tax revenue will go toward road repairs in Dardenne Prairie and toward public safety in Ladue. The Kirkwood increase would have gone toward road repairs. The tax increase in Ladue will be a 30-cent increase on each…
Sam Clancy, KSDK

Federal grand jury subpoenas sought records from Missouri medical marijuana regulators

2 years 10 months ago

Twice last year a federal grand jury demanded the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services turn over records pertaining to the medical marijuana program.  The pair of subpoenas, issued by the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri in September 2020, were redacted by the department at the request of the […]

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Jason Hancock