The Chesterfield-based Catholic health system on Friday submitted a letter of intent to build the 75-bed facility to Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services.
The spread of bird flu to an increasing number of species and its widening geographic reach have raised the risks of humans being infected by the virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health says.
Sutter Health is nearing the last phase of its long-planned build-out of its California Pacific Medical Center Mission Bernal hospital campus, with plans to break ground on a $442 million care center next summer.
U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren blasted the leadership of Steward Health Care Wednesday as they each unveiled plans aimed at protecting patients — and the health care system broadly — from what they described as predatory moves by private equity firms.
The chief executive officer of Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln will be stepping down from the role later this year. Crystal Landry will step away from the role within the next three to six months in order to spend more time with her family, she said in a statement Wednesday.