Hospitals scramble to transfer patients for care
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Small rural hospitals in Kansas and Missouri are increasingly spending hours searching for facilities they can transfer…
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Field hospital considered as virus surges in Missouri
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials are discussing canceling all but the most urgent medical procedures and building a field hospital…
Hospital workers beg public to help stop virus’ spread
ST. LOUIS – Health professionals spoke out Friday at the daily press briefing of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task…
Mask mandates cut virus’ spread here, SLU study shows
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mask mandates in St. Louis and St. Louis County slowed the spread of the coronavirus this…
‘Act fast, act decisively’ to save lives, pandemic chief warns
ST. LOUIS – The COVID-19 wave is a looming tsunami, Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic…
Missouri reports record COVID-19 hospitalizations
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri health officials reported on Saturday the state’s biggest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases amid record…
Some area hospitals again postponing elective procedures
(AP) — The number of coronavirus patients in Missouri hospitals reached another record Wednesday, and one of the state’s largest…
Missouri COVID-19 hospitalizations set records, with death toll rising
(AP) — The new surge of the coronavirus was evident in Missouri on Thursday, with record hospitalizations in St. Louis…
St. Louis hospitals filling; record virus deaths in Kansas City
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Area hospitals are filling up with coronavirus patients at an alarming rate, and experts say many…
Hospital staff ‘demoralized’ as admissions rise in Missouri
(AP) — Hospital workers are “over-worked and demoralized” after months of battling the coronavirus, and the worst may be yet…
Area’s COVID-19 rise plus flu worry Garza
ST. LOUIS – Rising COVID-19 numbers in the metropolitan area make Dr. Alex Garza a worried man. Garza, the leader of…
Brace for another year of COVID-19, area doctors warn
(AP) – Leading St. Louis-area doctors are warning residents to brace for at least another year of living with COVID-19.…
Missouri reports more than 1,500 new virus cases, 1 death
(AP) — Missouri’s health department reported more than 1,500 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, as the number of infections since…
COVID-19 joins heat, humidity in making city a hot spot
ST. LOUIS – Blazing heat, humidity and COVID-19 are making the St. Louis area a hot spot. Even the White…
Coronavirus peak near, recovery slow, Garza advises
ST. LOUIS – The peak of the COVID-19 coronavirus is still ahead, with the virus spreading more quickly than people…
Extending stay-at-home order is ‘right thing to do,’ Garza asserts
ST. LOUIS – Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, praised local leaders’ decision to…