Missouri spent $25 million to aid hospitals in deal marked by no-shows, high costs
SLSCO, a Texas-based construction company, made lofty promises to Missouri’s state health department over the summer that, if hired, it…
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Pandemic making nursing shortage a crisis in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The relentless toll of the pandemic has worsened the ongoing nursing shortage at St. Louis area…
‘Their tank is empty’: Public health officials combat staff burnout, low pay, harassment
WASHINGTON — Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, state and local public health departments that were already struggling with too few…
Lack of vaccine mandate gives some hospitals competitive edge in staffing wars
In the rural northeastern corner of Missouri, Scotland County Hospital has been so low on staff that it sometimes had…
Missouri awards no-bid contract to boost staffing, antibody treatments, field hospitals
A Texas-based company stands to earn upwards of $30 million in Missouri through a no-bid emergency contract to provide health…
As hospital numbers fall, fatigued staff get relief at last
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When COVID-19 patients inundated St. Louis hospitals, respiratory therapists arriving for yet another grueling shift with…
Health care workers in Missouri start getting coronavirus vaccine
(AP) — Health care workers in both of Missouri’s urban areas received doses of the coronavirus vaccine Monday afternoon —…
‘Time of war’: Hospitals short of staff, ICU beds
St. Louis-area hospitals are seeing 20 patients die every day. “That is 20 people a day who won’t be going…
First vaccines to health workers, nursing homes, panel says
NEW YORK (AP) — Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when…
Fauci warns of ‘surge upon surge’ of virus
The nation’s top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the U.S. may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus…
Hospital bed, ICU capacity becoming more limited in Missouri
(AP) — Hospital beds across Missouri are nearly four-fifths full, and capacity is even more limited in intensive care units…
City, nation light up blue for health care workers
ST. LOUIS – Some of the most iconic landmarks in the St. Louis area, as well as around the country,…
Pandemic puts health care workers’ mental health on the line
Doctors and nurses are trained to deal with life-and-death situations, to be calm in the face of crisis. But whether…