Yearly Archives: 2020

Missouri Utilizes Data in Fight Against COVID-19

While most Americans spent December 2019 blissfully unaware of the coronavirus and the approaching pandemic, Enbal Shacham, Director of the Ph.D. in Public Health Studies Program at Saint Louis University’s College for ... Read More

Varsity Tutors Doubles Down On COVID-19 Response, Launches Virtual Summer Camp

Varsity Tutors, an innovative Missouri-based company and the nation’s leading provider of one-on-one instruction, recently launched a free set of online classes for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Now the ... Read More

Missourian Pledges $1 Billion to Fight COVID-19

Missouri native and CEO of Twitter Inc., Jack Dorsey, has pledged $1 billion of his stake in Square Inc., the payments processor that he co-founded and runs, to help fund relief ... Read More

Missouri Zoo Connects Animals With Children During Social Distancing

A Missouri zoo is connecting animals with kids during social distancing. It’s no secret that people are missing human interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the animals at Dickerson Park Zoo ... Read More

Missourians Show Resilience During COVID-19 Pandemic

Missouri Partnership CEO, Subash Alias, takes a look back at the past month and discusses how Missourians are stepping up in the fight against COVID-19. Today marks exactly one month since ... Read More

Kansas City, Missouri Selected For COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

Testing is underway in Kansas City, Missouri, for an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Inovio Pharmaceuticals, a health innovation company, is partnering with The Center for Pharmaceutical Research in Kansas City to test ... Read More

Missouri Talent Producing Emergency Ventilators for Fight Against COVID-19

We have all heard the news: ventilators are in a short supply nationwide. Even though many companies have pledged to switch their manufacturing lines to start producing the much needed equipment, ... Read More

Missourians Step Up to Produce Much Needed PPE In Fight Against COVID-19

Across Missouri, manufacturers, designers, universities, and more are stepping up in a big way to help produce personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical personnel, first responders and the general public to ... Read More

Missouri Accelerator Takes Aim at Businesses That Can Help in the Fight Against COVID-19

Missouri’s newest business accelerator is aimed at finding and building up companies that can help with the coronavirus crisis. The Black & Veatch IgnitedX COVID-19 Response Accelerator is a venture of ... Read More

Missouri Company Helping Families with Need to Knead During COVID-19 Shutdown

St. Louis, Missouri-based AB Mauri North America, a British-owned baking technology provider, is working to keep bread on families’ tables across the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s three yeast ... Read More