Maria Altman

St. Louis

Editor at Harvest Public Media

Editor at KCUR-FM (Kansas City, MO)

Editor of @HarvestPM. Formerly an editor with St. Louis Public Radio. Based in St. Louis and covering the Midwest.

Articles

Biomarkers for a less invasive strategy to predict children with eosinophilic esophagitis

Aug 19, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Helena Thulin |Ladan Mansouri |Maria Altman |Simon Merid

15(S)-HETE 15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid AEC absolute eosinophil count in peripheral blood ALOX15 15-lipoxygenase AUC area under the curve EDN Eosinophil-derived neurotoxin EGD esophagogastroduodenoscopy EoE Eosinophilic esophagitis eos eosinophils hpf high power field IgE-ab IgE-antibodies IgG4-ab IgG4-antibodies PAD pathological-anatomical diagnosis RF Random Forest ROC receiver operating characteristic 1 INTRODUCTION Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic type 2 (T2)-inflammatory...
Midwest 'brain drain' persists. And job opportunity is the main driver

Feb 2, 2024 | kosu.org | Maria Altman

Anastasiya Miller moved 1,300 miles away to Tampa, Florida, from her hometown this past year. “I was excited,” Miller said. “I knew that I wanted to move out of Oklahoma. I had lived in Colorado for a summer prior to moving to Tampa.”Miller grew up on the outskirts of Edmond, Oklahoma, and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in 2022. She got a job with Kraft Heinz in her home state, then headed to Florida after getting a promotion as a sales analyst.
Midwestern states consider bans of the popular - but invasive - Bradford pear tree

Jan 22, 2024 | nebraskapublicmedia.org | Celia Llopis-Jepsen |Maria Altman

Ohio became the first state in the country to ban the popular but invasive Callery pear trees — a species usually sold under cultivar names such as Bradford, Cleveland Select and Chanticleer. Now legislation is being proposed in Missouri for a similar ban, while the Kansas Department of Agriculture also considers how to curb the spread of the popular but invasive ornamental pear trees.