Health Care

Salem VA Clinic Will Close Its Doors Just Three Years After Expanding Service

Jonathan Ahl

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The VA said not enough of Dent County's 1,000-plus veterans chose the clinic for health care, and without a certain number of patients, it was not viable to stay open.

Rural residents who have a stroke are less likely to receive advanced treatment options and about 20% more likely to die at the hospital compared to urban patients, according to research from Washington University.

Health, Science, Environment

Rural Stroke Patients Less Likely To Survive, Wash U Study Finds

Shahla Farzan

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Stroke patients in rural hospitals fare far worse than urban patients, according to new research from Washington University.Based on the records of nearly…

Health, Science, Environment

New Hospital Being Built At Fort Leonard Wood To Better Serve Soldiers And Families

Jonathan Ahl

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Soldiers, their families and veterans near Fort Leonard Wood in the Ozarks will have a new place to receive medical care. Construction on a $400 million,…

A voter fills out a ballot at Central Baptist Church in St. Louis on March 10, 2020.

Health, Science, Environment

Missouri Voters To Decide Whether To Expand Medicaid

David Cazares

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Missouri voters will get a chance to expand Medicaid.Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft announced Friday that he approved the petition to put Medicaid…

Respiratory therapist Melissa Delavara cares for COVID-19 patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Researchers at Washington University are launching a clinical trial of 30,000 health care workers to test if the drug chloroquine prevents COVID-19 infection.

Health, Science, Environment

Wash U Leads Global Study To Test If Malaria Drug Blocks Coronavirus

Shahla Farzan

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Washington University researchers are launching an international study to test whether the drug chloroquine can prevent coronavirus infection.Chloroquine…

A construction worker paints one of two viewing rooms Friday, April 17, 2020, for families to grieve through a plexiglass window at an overflow morgue being built in Earth City.

Government, Politics & Issues

Inside A Warehouse, Region Readies Overflow Morgue For Coronavirus Surge

Ryan Delaney

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A small plexiglass window peeks from behind a curtain. Families will have 15 minutes to grieve through that window, looking at a loved one’s body sheathed…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that health care workers interacting with a coronavirus patient wear a heavy-duty mask called an N95 respirator.

Health, Science, Environment

A St. Louis-Area Nurse’s Push For N95 Masks

Emily Woodbury

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At the St. Louis hospital where Emma Crocker works as a registered nurse, only employees working in areas with confirmed COVID-19 patients, like the…

Teams work on responding to COVID-19 at the St. Louis County Office of Emergency Management in Ballwin on March 13, 2020.

Health, Science, Environment

The Ethics Of Care During A Pandemic

Emily Woodbury

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Medical ethicists are trained to confront ethical questions in medicine, and the novel coronavirus raises quite a few.For instance, in China and Italy,…

Anthony Brooks, third-year medical student at Washington University, calls a patient to tell them they have tested negative for COVID-19. Though most are not able to care directly for coronavirus patients, many med students are helping in other ways.

Health, Science, Environment

St. Louis Med Students Launch COVID-19 Volunteer Effort

Shahla Farzan

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Cyrus Ghaznavi is supposed to be studying for his final exams — but like other students, he’s having trouble focusing in the midst of a global…

Tim McBride is a professor in the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis and is co-director of the Center for Health Economics and Policy.

Health, Science, Environment

What You Need To Know As 2020 Affordable Care Act Deadline Approaches

Emily Woodbury

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The deadline to enroll in a health care plan via the Affordable Care Act marketplace is Dec. 15. Are plans more or less affordable than in previous years?…