Barnes-Jewish Hospital

When Dr. Tiffany M. Osborn received her COVID-19 vaccination shortly after vaccines became available in late 2020, she felt hopeful about the pandemic's trajectory. A year later, she's sad and frustrated to see so many COVID patients in the ICU.

ICU teams report fatigue and frustration as they brace for omicron surge

Jon Hamilton

A resurgence in COVID-19 cases is testing the endurance of health care workers who care for the sickest patients, most of whom are unvaccinated.

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Barnes-Jewish Hospital sets timeline to replace Queeny Tower

Wayne Pratt

The St. Louis hospital plans to have a new tower open for patients in 2025.

BJC Healthcare is completing two new medical towers.

Coronavirus

St. Louis Children's Hospital Is Now Seeing Adult Patients With COVID-19

Kayla Drake

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is treating adult patients with the coronavirus. The hospital began admitting adult patients with COVID-19 to relieve doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which is nearing its capacity.

Health, Science, Environment

Hospitals Limit Rapid Coronavirus Tests As Supply Dwindles In St. Louis Region

Sarah Fentem

Rapid testing is vital to keeping the coronavirus under control, experts said. But doctors in the St. Louis region are having to ration those tests as they become harder to find.

Signs at the Barnes-Jewish Center for Advanced Medicine alert patients to disclose if they think they may have symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

Health, Science, Environment

St. Louis Hospitals Allow Visitors After Months Of Coronavirus Restrictions

Sarah Fentem

Hospitals in St. Louis are again allowing people to visit patients after months of restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus.SSM…

Dr. Robert Poirier works in the Barnes-Jewish Hospital emergency department. He says patients are dying because they're waiting too long to seek care in the region's ERs.

Health, Science, Environment

Fear Of COVID-19 Is Keeping Patients From Seeking Lifesaving Emergency Treatment

Sarah Fentem

People in the St. Louis region are dying from preventable causes such as strokes or heart attacks because they’re afraid of contracting COVID-19 in…

Washington University engineering graduate student David Dhanraj is part of a team of engineers testing how well different household and hospital-grade materials block tiny particles.

Health, Science, Environment

St. Louis Engineers Put Homemade Mask Materials To The Test, As N95 Supply Dwindles

Shahla Farzan

With skyrocketing demand and limited supplies of protective gear, hospital workers across the U.S. have been fashioning their own makeshift masks during…

health officials are expecting the peak on/around April 25. But another, potentially worse, peak could come if businesses/etc try to go back to normal before wide-spread testing becomes available.

Health, Science, Environment

As St. Louis COVID-19 Cases Hit Likely Peak, Hospitals Avoid Rationing Care

Emily Woodbury

In mid-April, the incident commander of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, Dr. Alex Garza, predicted that hospitalizations of COVID-19 cases…

"Fires don't chase firemen home," said Dr. Howie Mell, an emergency physician. "But this bug chases lots of folks home, and that's a new reality."

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As Coronavirus Spreads, Doctors Fear For Themselves — And Their Families

Sarah Fentem

As an emergency room physician at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Evan Schwarz is used to working under pressure. But when he and his team connect a COVID-19…

Students from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University donated their supplies of personal protective equipment.

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Personal Protective Equipment Shortages Could Happen In St. Louis Region: Here’s How You Can Donate

The surge in demand for personal protective equipment during the coronavirus outbreak has caused shortages nationwide.To make up for a manufacturing lag,…