Over the pandemic, heart disease and diabetes deaths increased significantly. Recent data from the CDC shows these death rates saw the biggest jumps in at least two decades.
Saint Luke's Health System landed a second Kansas City-area hospital among the region's best, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of the country's medical centers.
For the 14th consecutive year, Saint Luke's has been named to U.S. News and World Report's Best Hospital list. This year's top achievements include recognition as one of the top 25 cardiology and heart surgery programs in the nation.
The Iola Register talked to Elmore Patterson and Steve Schieber about some of the changes and challenges of the past year since Allen County Regional Hospital came under the umbrella of Saint Luke's Health System.
The Kansas City Star talked to Saint Luke's Health System Director of Infection Prevention and other experts around the metro about the best ways to keep children safe.
KCTV talked to Dr. Andrew Schlachter and ICU nurse Rachel Johnson about what they are seeing in the COVID ICU and why getting vaccinated is more important than ever.
