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The St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force is calling on older people and pregnant women in the region to get the newly approved RSV vaccine as hospitals fill up with people sick with respiratory illnesses.
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Infant mortality in Missouri went up 16% between 2021 and 2022, according to federal data released earlier this month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Missouri was one of only four states that showed a significant rise.
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Cardinal Glennon and SSM Health announced plans to build a 14-story hospital on Grand Boulevard. The planned hospital will be built two blocks north of the hospital’s current 195-bed facility, which opened in 1956.
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More than 70% of children shot in St. Louis were found to be innocent bystanders, the study found.
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BJC Healthcare has expanded its gun lock safety program to more than 20 hospital locations. Gun locks are now free and accessible in BJC family care centers, children’s hospitals and emergency rooms in Missouri and Illinois.
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The pandemic has affected the mental health of many, including children. The number of young people being treated for self-harm in emergency rooms and…
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Doctors in the St. Louis area are monitoring at least four cases of a rare childhood illness linked to COVID-19.The emergence of the sickness known as…
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Pediatricians are urging families to take their children to the doctor’s office for routine vaccinations, even during the coronavirus pandemic. Parents…
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The suicide rate among children age 10-14 in the U.S. tripled between 2007 and 2017, but health experts know little about why young children think about…
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Missouri had the highest increase in the rate of uninsured children in the nation over the two-year period that ended in 2018, according to a study from…