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Some of the best summer memories are made on the water, and whether you’re floating down a river, spending a day at the lake, or relaxing by the pool, there’s no shortage of ways to cool off and have fun.

The vaccine we’ve been hearing about for most of the year is, of course, the COVID-19 vaccine.

In a surgical suite at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a robotic arm snakes an ultra-thin, ultra-flexible tube through a patient’s airway. Once the tube reaches the lungs, the surgeon operating the device remotely uses a tiny camera to search the area for an abnormal growth, or nodule, that might be cancerous.

Amy Guarino has lived with heart disease for as long as she can remember. Born with congenital heart defects, she learned early on how to listen to her body and recognize when something didn’t feel right.

When John’s left arm slid across his desk, he knew something was wrong, but he didn’t move it. His arm moving on its own concerned him and alerted him to tell his wife, Laura.

When Abigail Ellis began working as a cardiothoracic surgery nurse at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, she was beginning the career she had trained for—helping patients recover from complex heart procedures.