Emergency Health

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.

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…

Captain Garon Mosby of the St. Louis Fire Department (at left) and Helen Sandkuhl of SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital joined Monday's talk show.

Health, Science & Environment

Exposure To Violent Crime And Its Long-Term Impact On First Responders

Emily Woodbury

Last week, St. Louis Fire Department Chief Dennis Jenkerson said that paramedics see the impact of so much violence that they're quitting faster than he…

Atchison-Holt EMT Keaton Shaw radios to dispatch that his ambulance is on the scene.

Funding That Keeps Rural Ambulances Running Is Renewed In Budget Deal

Bram Sable-Smith

This story was originally published February 6. It has been updated as of February 9 at 1 pm. The Atchison-Holt Ambulance District spans two counties...

A Level I Trauma Center at St. Louis University Hospital.

Health, Science & Environment

Rural Hospitals Should Address Trauma Center Scarcity In Illinois, Report Says

Get in a car crash, take a gunshot, or survive a farm machinery accident in rural Illinois or parts of the Metro East, and you’ll likely be taken to St.…