Health and Human Services Sector

Express Scripts Inc to Add New Building to Headquarters

image via​You know that old saying: When one door closes, another one opens? Well, in this case, when one door opens...you decide to build even more doors to open, we guess.Not only has St. Louis-based pharmaceutical management company Express Scripts Inc. announced its intention to reverse its de ... More >>

Madison and St. Clair Counties Named "Judicial Hellholes" -- Again

judicialhellholes.org​The American Tort Reform Association has once again included Madison and St. Clair counties to its annual listing of so-called Judicial Hellholes. St. Clair was named to the list from 2004 through 2007. Madison County has been on the list in all but one year since 2002. St. C ... More >>

Express Scripts Workers Shout Their Way to Victory

Kase WickmanBensalem, Penn. workers and union supporters outside Express Scripts, Inc. headquarters August 30.​Last summer, dozens of workers from Express Scripts, Inc's Bensalem, Pennsylvania facility bused to the company's St. Louis headquarters to protest the threat of their branch's closure. T ... More >>

Express Scripts Inc. Blasted in New SEIU Report

St. Louis-based Express Scripts Inc. is the nation's second largest "pharmacy benefit management company" -- handling an impressive 12 percent of all prescriptions in the United States through mail order and retail drug stores alike.​But the company earlier this year announced plans to close a pro ... More >>

Lt. Gov. Kinder Unconcerned About Impact of Yesterday's Ruling on Health Care Lawsuit

Kinder: Does this man look worried?​As you may have heard, yesterday a federal judge in Detroit struck down a Michigan lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the federal health care law passed back in March.So, we know what you're thinking now: Will that ruling impact a similar lawsuit t ... More >>

Express Scripts to Close Infamously Outspoken Bensalem Facility

Kase Wickman​Remember the irate Bensalem, Penn. Express Scripts workers and SEIU members who road-tripped across the country to the company's St. Louis headquarters? Well, it seems that they're out of luck: Express Scripts has announced plans to close one of the Bensalem facilities, laying of ... More >>

Angry Express Scripts, Inc. Workers Take Their Case to DC

Kase WickmanBensalem, Pennsylvania workers and union supporters outside Express Scripts, Inc. headquarters August 30.​Approximately 30 pissed-off Express Scripts, Inc. workers from Bensalem, Penn. are headed to our nation's capital to voice their complaints about their treatment at the hands of th ... More >>

SEIU Rallies Outside Express Scripts, Inc.'s St. Louis Headquarters

Kase WickmanProtestors at Monday's rally outside Express Scripts' headquarters near UMSL​ For the last four days, two massive tour buses carrying 50 unionized employees of Express Scripts, Inc.'s Bensalem, Penn. facility have been rolling toward St. Louis. Monday afternoon, they gathered outside t ... More >>

Artificial Lung Keeps Boy Alive at St. Louis Children's Hospital

Courtesy St. Louis Children's HospitalOwen Stark uses an artificial lung​A 2-year-old boy from Eldon, Mo. is alive today thanks to a novel use of an artificial lung at St. Louis Children's Hospital. And his treatment may pave the way for other kids to make use of artificial lungs as well. He's the ... More >>

Hearing in St. Louis Today into Cochran V.A. Hospital and Dirty Dental Equipment

Carnahan: Says he wants answers to "deeply disturbing" allegations. ​The House Veterans' Affair Committee is holding a hearing today in the Eagleton Courthouse looking into revelations made earlier this month that as many as 1,800 people may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV from improperly cl ... More >>

Dental Patients at St. Louis VA Hospital Could've Been Exposed to Hepatitis, HIV

​Q: What's worse than a trip to the dentist? A: A letter from the dentist telling you that his dirty dental tools may have exposed you to hepatitis or HIV. More than 1,800 veterans received such a letter this week informing them that St. Louis VA Medical Center had not properly cleaned its dental ... More >>

"Adult-Child" Slackers, Fear Not: Mom & Dad Can Now Insure You Up to Age 26 in Missouri

Image viaDude, I won't be insured on my trip to Thailand!​In an effort to blatantly overachieve and comply early with some imminent federal regulation changes, a bunch of Missouri health insurance companies have already decided to insure "adult children" up to 26 years old, even if they are:  ... More >>

Missourians to Vote in August to Accept or Reject Federal Health Care Law

Don't call it childish. Call it politics.​The Missouri House today passed legislation calling for a referendum on the federal health care law signed by the president earlier this year. As St. Louis Public Radio reports, the legislation approved today does not require approval from the governor or ... More >>

Construction to Resume on Shriners Children's Hospital in CWE

Construction will finally resume later this year for the new Shriners Hospital for Children in the Central West End a year after the recession put the project on hold, the hospital's board announced on Tuesday. Image sourceAn artist rendering of the new Shriner's Hospital for Children, if it ever g ... More >>

Viagra Maker Hard On St. Louis; Pfizer Announces It Will Slash 600 Local Jobs

A pharmaceutical giant's love affair with St. Louis is over, and it seems no amount of drugs and/or chemical enhancements will ever rekindle the flame. Just when you think Pfizer will grow, it shrinks. It happens to lots of companies.​Yesterday, Pfizer (maker of Viagra, Celebrex, Lipitor and count ... More >>

Münchausen, She Wrote: Mother Convicted of Killing Her Son and Poisoning Her Daughter Receives Pair of Life Sentences

St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Jack Garvey this morning sent Judy Pickens away for two life sentences in prison, to run consecutively. Garvey also sentenced Pickens to an additional 157 years, to run consecutively after the two life sentences. St. Louis Metropolitan Police DepartmentJudy Pickens' boo ... More >>

Barnes-Jewish Hospital Makes U.S. News' Honor Roll (Again)

stlouis.missouri.orgU.S. News & World Report came out yesterday with its annual ranking of the country's best hospitals. Earning high marks (again) was Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The hospital ranked No. 9 this year in the magazine's "Honor Roll" of best hospitals. According to a Barnes-Jewish spoke ... More >>

Medical School Ethics Policies: How Area Universities Stack Up

The March 2 New York Times contains a story that smacks down the Harvard Medical School's lax ethics policies when it comes to getting in bed with pharmaceutical companies. Timesman Duff Wilson reports that Harvard students and some faculty members complain that drug companies are exerting undue inf ... More >>

Poet Yevtushenko Stops in St. Louis

Flying well below the radar, Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko appeared Saturday at the St. Louis Children’s Hospital for a reading. Yevtushenko, da? For the unfamiliar, the septuagenarian is famous for attacking Stalin and promoting artistic freedom, meeting world leaders, including Richard Nix ... More >>

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