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

4 years 1 month 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

4 years 1 month 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

4 years 1 month 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