Alex Smith
Alex Smith began working in radio as an intern at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters. A few years and a couple of radio jobs later, he became the assistant producer of KCUR's magazine show, KC Currents. In January 2014 he became KCUR's health reporter.
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Nearly a third of Missouri residents have traveled outside of their home counties to get vaccine shots.
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Many Kansas City residents have made hours-long road trips to get COVID-19 vaccines when none were offered locally.
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Highly Transmissible COVID-19 Variants Have Been In Missouri Since Early January, State Data SuggestResearchers also found evidence of a mutation that helps the virus evade the immune system.
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Some local health officials warned that opening eligibility could result in some already-eligible people who have not received shots being left further behind.
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Hours after Kansas City loosened restrictions on business, Missouri's health department announced it had found evidence that a highly transmissible COVID-19 variant has been spreading throughout the state.
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The state health department has provided few specifics on where the more dangerous COVID-19 variant may be spreading.
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Antigen tests now comprise about a third of COVID-19 tests conducted in Missouri but their results are not included in case counts.
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Only about a quarter of COVID-19 vaccines supplied to pharmacies for nursing home vaccinations in Missouri have been used.
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Survey data show Black Missourians are the most skeptical among all demographic groups that COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed fairly.
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Weeks Into COVID-19 Vaccinations, Kansas City Doesn't Know How Many Black and Latino Residents Are GSome local health departments say that the system created to track vaccines doesn't show them county demographic information.