Oracle Cerner is making headway on its Learning Health Network, which not only has new cancer treatment implications but opens the door to accessing a more diverse patient population for clinical trials.

A St. Louis startup developing vaccines has snagged $3.6 million in federal funding. That comes as its also seeking out private investors to drive growth.

The former Emergency Room physicians argues that Measure 111 “reduces the health policy debate to a competition between general fund priorities.”

The Bicknell family office, called 1248 Holdings, launched a new business called CopperPoint that plans to acquire and roll up greatly fragmented home services companies such as plumbing, electrical and HVAC providers. The goal, CEO Bobby Hamilton says, is to help the companies grow and professionalize their workforce.

PNC offers a program that brings high school students the opportunity to secure a more direct, debt-free route to in-demand careers.