Public-health staff told the St. Louis Board of Health that data centers can generate loud, continuous noise, emit PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides from backup generators, and demand substantial water and power; board members urged stronger monitoring, transparency dashboards and consideration of community benefit agreements.

Integrated Health Network's Ryan Barker told the board HR 1 will remove eligibility for several immigrant groups on Oct. 1 and institute work requirements and more frequent reverification for the Medicaid expansion group, putting an estimated thousands of St. Louis residents at risk of losing coverage.

The Board approved the May 21 minutes, heard community-engagement updates on implementing EPI minutes at health centers and libraries, discussed ongoing tornado recovery in North City, Legionella testing at St. Louis Public Schools headquarters, and heard that the HIV prevention team reached more than 870 people across 36 events.

The Department of Health told the board that an early June heat event prompted a health incident command and deployment of cooling resources; outreach testing rose 28% after a new partnership, the TB clinic was restaffed, and the department launched a Narcan tracker and other linkage-to-care tools.

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Acting St. Louis City Commissioner of Health Victoria Anne Worry briefed the Health and Human Development Committee on animal-control operations, a newly signed shelter contract tied to Care St. Louis, a temporary shortage of pet registration tags, and an expanded respiratory-illness public-awareness campaign including TV, radio and multilingual ad

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