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Health officials are encouraging people in St. Louis to get their annual flu shot ahead of what could be a severe season. Several hospitals and health departments are offering flu shot clinics through October, many with shots for free.

As coronavirus cases rise and more contagious variants take hold in Missouri, the four largest hospital systems in St. Louis are requiring all their workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by fall. Employees at St. Luke’s, SSM Health, BJC HealthCare and Mercy Health will need to be vaccinated by late September. Hospital officials say unvaccinated health workers are more at risk of catching the virus and more likely to spread it to patients.

SSM Health is reviewing its security procedures after discovering that a former employee with its customer service call center inappropriately accessed…

Updated 10 a.m. June 16Members of a nurse’s union at Saint Louis University Hospital voted against de-authorizing their union late Monday, a measure that…

The Monday announcement that nonprofit, Catholic SSM Health is acquiring Saint Louis University Hospital, the medical school's teaching facility, from…

Cedric Antonio Kyles, better known as Cedric “The Entertainer,” spent several of his formative years in St. Louis.He was born in Jefferson City and moved…

Women are both more likely to suffer a stroke, and less likely to be treated in a timely manner when they experience one. May is Stroke Awareness Month,…

In 2010, the slumping state budget forced the Missouri Department of Mental Health to close the emergency room and 50 short-term beds at the Metropolitan…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 16, 2012 - Patients expecting relatively long waits for emergency room care are said to be…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 15, 2011 - Sister Mary Jean Ryan took a meandering path that eventually led to becoming the…