Hospital errors: What the patient doesn't know might hurt
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: July 28, 2008 - Let's say you're a recent transplant from Minnesota, now living in St. Louis, and as luck would have it, you're facing surgery with...
View ArticleMo. Dept. of Health and Senior Services to take over SynCare role
Updated 4:25 p.m. with comments from Mo. House Budget Chairman Ryan Silvey (R, Kansas City), who also oversees an interim committee looking into complaints against SynCare. The State of Missouri is...
View ArticleMo. hiring temp workers for Medicaid assessments following SynCare withdrawal
A Missouri health official says the state could need as many as 130 temporary workers to evaluate the needs of thousands of Medicaid patients after an outside contractor quit . Indiana-based SynCare...
View ArticleCommentary: State Department of Health cancer study surveyed the wrong people
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The Missouri Department of Health’s new report failing to link piles of uranium, thorium and radium to cancers in current residents of North St....
View ArticleAgreement Reached On Bridgeton Landfill, But Questions Still Remain
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster announced a preliminary agreement on Tuesday with the owner of the Bridgeton Landfill. Koster filed a lawsuit against Republic Services six weeks ago, alleging...
View ArticleMissouri Nurse Steps Up Campaign for Black Infant Mortality Awareness,...
A Missouri registered nurse who had to abandon plans to walk across the state to raise awareness of black infant mortality rates made her final stop in St. Louis Friday. Sherry Payne, who is the...
View ArticleMissouri health officials launch tick study in state park amid rise in...
Amid an increase in tick-borne illnesses this year, Missouri health officials have launched a study to trap and test ticks for diseases. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is working...
View ArticleOn Same Day Court Blocks Missouri Abortion Restrictions, State Says It Will...
The same day a federal appeals court overruled itself and voted to block two Missouri abortion restrictions, the state advised Missouri abortion providers that they will have to abide by a new...
View ArticleFor Missouri heart attack patients, the nearest hospital isn't always the best
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has designated nine hospitals in St. Louis County as priority heart attack centers to ensure that the most at-risk patients receive help as fast as...
View ArticleSt. Louis County resident bit by tick likely had Bourbon virus
The rare Bourbon virus could be in the St. Louis region, state health officials say. A patient with symptoms matching the virus was bitten by a tick recently in the southwest part of St. Louis County,...
View ArticleState report: Exposure to air near Bridgeton Landfill may have harmed...
Updated at 5:45 p.m. with statement from Republic Services — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has determined that past exposure to sulfur-based compounds in the air near the...
View Article
