Veterans Health Administration

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

Scientists at Washington University have found that patients hospitalized with the flu can display long-term effects similar to those found in long COVID patients. The scientists studied Veterans Administration records to compare outcomes of the two viruses.

The VA said not enough of Dent County's 1,000-plus veterans chose the clinic for health care, and without a certain number of patients, it was not viable to stay open.

This story was updated at 1:47 p.m. to include the response of a spokesman for the VA region in question. Almost 1,000 veterans in Missouri, Kansas and...