Hospitals

The hospital's license was suspended by the state last December for insufficient blood supply. The three-bed hospital in north St. Louis’ license was set to expire at the end of the year.

According to the state Department of Health and Senior Services, Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital will lose its license next week if it doesn’t send the state a plan to correct its deficiencies and allow regulators to conduct a site inspection.

Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital opened last year in the Carr Square neighborhood. It furloughed employees and closed after just 11 months. Some employees said they still are owed wages.

The need for inpatient mental health care for pediatric patients has grown in recent years. Health officials say a proposed facility in Webster Groves could provide much-needed treatment. But some nearby neighbors don’t like the plan.

The two companies announced early Wednesday that they had resolved contract disputes that began earlier this year.

The suit claims SSM and the company that owned buildings on the campus of DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton didn’t protect visitors from sexual abuse by an area pediatrician.

Palliative care is treatment that helps manage side effects, symptoms and mental health issues for people with cancer and other severe illnesses.

Officials with Phelps Health say the agreement will help keep the Salem hospital afloat and maintain services in a region without many health services.

For kids in the hospital, back-to-school season may look a little different. At Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital in Maryland Heights, pediatric patients staying for weeks or months learn from special teachers and programs.

A new true-crime podcast tackles a string of deaths in a Missouri veterans hospital.