The Obama Foundation Leaders USA program has tapped Dr. Frederick L. Echols, a former St. Louis Health Director, as one of its 2023 “Inaugural Cohort” members.
After more than three years and thousands of deaths from COVID-19 in Missouri, the end of the public health emergency heralds a new phase in which the virus is present but less dangerous to the general public.
Two dozen cases of monkeypox have been reported in Missouri, with about one-third of those cases in St. Louis. While the state’s case count is much lower than in Illinois, New York, and other states with higher populations, health officials are trying to keep the virus from spreading through education and prevention.