Barnes-Jewish Hospital

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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,…

Washington University's Clinic for Acceptance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) is one of two clinics in St. Louis that provides care for pregnant women facing the challenges of an opioid use disorder.

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Wash U’s Pregnancy CARE Clinic Sees Increase In Polysubstance Abuse

Emily Woodbury

Washington University’s Clinic for Acceptance, Recovery and Empowerment treats women who become pregnant while dealing with an opioid use disorder. It…

Dr. Laurie Punch, a trauma surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, is adamant that violence is a true medical problem doctors must treat in both the operating room and the community.

Trauma Surgeon Battles Bullets In The Operating Room And The Community

Laura Ungar

Weary of losing neighbors and patients to gunfire, St. Louis trauma surgeon Laurie Punch has a message: Gun violence is contagious, but so is healing. Doctors who teach can be part of the solution.

Maliyah Isadora and her mother Courtney at their home in Florissant in this 2015 photo.

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Black Moms And Babies Still Face Higher Risk Of Death Than Whites In St. Louis County

Shahla Farzan

Black infants in St. Louis County are more than twice as likely to die as white infants, according to a new report.The first Maternal and Child Health…

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For Pregnant Moms With Addiction, Wash U Clinic Offers Drug Treatment and Prenatal Care

Sarah Fentem

She started using drugs at 16. After moving around the country and trying to quit several times, she came back to St. Louis four years later, hoping for a…