Mercy Hospital St. Louis

How many of these distractions are YOU guilty of behind the wheel? To mark National Safety Month (June), Mercy’s Trauma Services team has identified these common yet 100% preventable causes of accidents.

The move to "return to normal" is having a "not-normal" affect on kids - infections that typically spread in winter are showing up in summer. Dr. Melissa Puffenbarger, #MercyKids emergency medicine physician, explained this phenomenon to Fox2Now,discussed what parents can do about it and how that can impact things like summer camps.

Two is about to become three, join us as we wrap up the pregnancy side of Jaclyn's Journey: Pregnant During a Pandemic. Dean and Jaclyn will be welcoming their son or daughter any day now. Catch up on their story: Mercy.net/JaclynsJourney

Doctors across St. Charles County and beyond encourage you to get the COVID-19 vaccine. We've joined forces with BJC Medical Group, SSM Health and St. Luke's Hospital - St. Louis to help spread the word.

June is National Gun Violence and Safety Awareness Month. With gun shot injuries on the rise nationally, in Missouri and locally, Mercy Trauma Services is raising awareness of firearm and gun safety. In Missouri, someone is killed or injured by firearms every seven hours with 20.1 gun deaths per 100,000 people. The state ranks 5th in gun violence nationally and St Louis County leads the state in violence. Thanks to Creve Coeur Police Department for joining us to help inform our co-workers and patients.

Mark your calendar and tell your neighbors to come out get your shot on Wednesday. You can pre-register or just walk in.

Mercy's chief nurse in the STL area says, "We're looking at very different, innovative and creative things that we wouldn't have considered nine months ago."

Happy Veterans Day. We salute you.

Disability, injury and illness can all affect a person’s ability to drive safely and independently. Learn more about Mercy Driver's Assessment and Training Program: https://bit.ly/32ogMzS

Co-worker Jack McGauley was featured on St. Louis on the Air advocating for himself and others: Don’t treat us like we’re not human. Don’t think of us as labor with no face or no name."

Mercy Clinic's Dr. Cherry Cockrell joined Matt Chambers KMOV for a Facebook Live chat about the importance of flu shots, especially this year. #VaccinateSTL #rollupyoursleeves