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Homer G. Phillips legal fight moved to Circuit Court

1 year 6 months ago
The legal fight to protect the iconic name of Home G. Phillips Hospital continues, with members of the Homer G. Phillips Nurses Alumni staging a rally on Saturday April 27 outside a three-bed privately owned medical facility at 1320 N.…
St. Louis American staff

Freedom Caucus ends filibuster in Missouri Senate without action on its demands

1 year 6 months ago
None of the demands Missouri Freedom Caucus members said must be met before they would drop a filibuster against legislation renewing taxes that fund Medicaid were achieved when the group decided to end its resistance a little before 3:30 a.m. Thursday. After a 41-hour-filibuster, the Senate gave initial approval Thursday morning to a bill renewing taxes on hospitals, pharmacies, nursing homes and ambulance services that are essential to Missouri’s Medicaid program. The bill must be approved by…
Rudi Keller

Give STL Day raises millions for local non-profits

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Community Foundation is gearing up for its annual Give STL Day. Organizers invite community participation to support local nonprofits. Dr. Kelvin Adams, the Foundation's CEO, emphasized the significant impact of the event, which annually mobilizes around 1,000 nonprofits and raises about $4 million. The event continues to adapt, utilizing [...]
Joe Millitzer

Nurses Say Hospital Adoption Of Half-Cooked ‘AI’ Is Reckless

1 year 6 months ago
We’ve noted repeatedly that while “AI” (language learning models) hold a lot of potential, the rushed implementation of half-assed early variants are causing no shortage of headaches across journalism, media, health care, and other sectors. In part because the kind of terrible brunchlord managers in charge of many institutions primarily see AI as a way […]
Karl Bode

Fatal shooting at a McDonald's in East St. Louis

1 year 6 months ago
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- A fatal shooting occurred at a McDonald's on State Street near 25th at around 7 p.m. Wednesday in East St. Louis. Two people were shot during the incident. They were taken to the hospital, where one of the victims succumbed to their injuries. Authorities are actively searching for the shooter, [...]
Joe Millitzer

UnitedHealth CEO savaged for failings in massive cyberattack that’s crippled health care

1 year 6 months ago

WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill lawmakers from both parties on Wednesday grilled UnitedHealth Group’s CEO over the largest-ever cyberattack on the U.S. health care industry, which has crippled payments to providers and pharmacies and left millions of patients clueless about whether their information is now on the dark web. A Russia-linked cybercrime organization dubbed “BlackCat” infiltrated a vulnerable […]

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Ashley Murray