Missouri hospitals to get more federal aid

Missouri hospitals and health care providers will receive an additional $175 million of coronavirus-related relief, said Sen. Roy Blunt, who is one of the state's two Republican U.S. senators.

In a news release Monday, Blunt said the $175 million will come in addition to $618.6 million that was allocated earlier this month through the CARES Act to help hospitals and health care providers with the challenges being faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CARES Act stands for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.

Blunt is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.