High staff vaccination rates help nursing homes beat COVID

Monday, September 20, 2021 ~ Updated 9:13 PM

ST. LOUIS — Nursing homes in Missouri with the vast majority of staff vaccinated tend to have strikingly lower rates of COVID-19 cases among residents, according to federal records, a trend that may offer broader lessons about the virus and how it can be slowed.

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