Barnes-Jewish Hospital

BJC Healthcare on Wednesday announced plans to merge with St. Luke's, a Kansas-City based health system that operates 14 hospitals in Kansas and Missouri. The merger would need the approval of regulators.

Flu and other respiratory illnesses are on the rise in St. Louis. The increase in patients is coming as more health care employees leave their jobs, putting more strain on the remaining workforce.

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.

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

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.

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.

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