VA St. Louis Health Care System

The VA St. Louis Health Care System is encouraging area veterans to apply for toxic exposure related health care and benefits. In August, a new law known as the PACT Act expanded benefits and health care for veterans exposed to hazardous toxins like radiation, smoke, Agent Orange and burn pits.

The overhaul, which likely would cost more than $1 billion and take decades to complete, would help the VA better meet the preferences and needs of the nearly 72,000 veterans it serves. But the St. Louis hospital will first need federal officials to sign off on the massive project.

Many people who get sick with COVID-19 continue to have wide-ranging health problems months after they recover from their initial infection, researchers at the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care System have found. The study of more than 73,000 COVID-19 patients found that they sought care and medications more frequently than people who did not get sick.

A recent three-part series on local VA healthcare included a lot of criticism of the Department of Veteran Affair’s healthcare services.On Tuesday’s St.…

Veterans Affairs officials say they’re making progress towards shorter wait times at the VA St. Louis Health Care System, but the numbers show that…

Exceptionally long wait times, missing records and doctors who failed to diagnose serious conditions were among the complaints aired at a veteran’s town…