Maintaining safe, clean neighborhoods is City government’s number one priority. That is reflected in the City budget. Most of your tax dollars go for public safety and neighborhood services. Unfortunately, the terrible economy and rising public employee pension costs left the City with a $46 million budget shortfall.  Starting this July, trash pickup in the [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease Control have released a new brochure for download and printing which provides information and details about H1N1/Swine flu, prevention, symptoms, and what to do if you get sick. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE (PDF FILE)

St. Louis Prepares For Arrival of H1N1 Flu Vaccine St. Louis, MO. As shipments of the H1N1 flu vaccine arrive locally the City of St. Louis Department of Health in partnership with community health centers, pediatricians, hospitals, schools and employers will work to assure that the vaccine is available to anyone who wants it as [...]

Message from Pamela Rice Walker St. Louis City Interim Director of Health As the 2009/10 seasonal flu season approaches, stories about novel H1N1 (swine) flu have begun to dominate the national and international news. The symptoms of novel H1N1 flu virus in people include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, [...]