Michele Munz
Health Reporter at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch health reporter. Mom of 3. From Tulsa. Former All-American track athlete for the University of Arkansas, but now I just dance. She/her
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1 week ago |
stltoday.com | Michele Munz
ST. LOUIS — As rising measles cases nationwide creep closer to Missouri with outbreaks in nearby Kansas and Oklahoma, area health officials are trying to prepare providers and educate the public about how to prevent the highly infectious virus from taking hold here. “Making sure that their immunizations are up to date and being aware of what is going on in their community ... that is very much key,” said Dr. Amruta Padhye, an infectious disease pediatrician with University of Missouri Health Care.
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2 weeks ago |
stltoday.com | Michele Munz
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services began sending emails immediately upon learning that the federal government was clawing back tens of millions of dollars that were supposed to go to public health departments and organizations across the state over the next year.
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3 weeks ago |
stltoday.com | Michele Munz
ST. LOUIS — Missouri clinics are asking a judge to block an emergency rule that is keeping them from providing medication abortions across the state. State regulations require abortion clinics to submit a plan to the Department of Health and Senior Services that outlines how they’ll handle complications that medication abortion patients may experience.
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3 weeks ago |
stltoday.com | Michele Munz
ST. LOUIS — Planned Parenthood provided abortions Thursday at its St. Louis clinic for the first time since Missouri voters approved overturning the state’s near-total ban on the procedure.
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1 month ago |
tucson.com | Michele Munz
ST. LOUIS — In 2012, researchers at Washington University started a study of patients with rare genetic mutations in their families that almost certainly cause Alzheimer’s disease at a devastatingly early age — in their 30s, 40s and 50s. The study set out to determine if taking medications targeting plaques that build up in the brain years before symptoms begin could save their lives, and perhaps the lives of others who sporadically get Alzheimer’s later in life.
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RT @stltoday: Abortions resume for first time in years at Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis clinic https://t.co/RhksfcRPlI
RT @kodacohen: St. Louis study shows that drug may prevent Alzheimer’s. NIH slowdowns threaten future research. Via @michelemunz https://t.…
RT @stltoday: St. Louis study shows that drug may prevent Alzheimer’s. NIH slowdowns threaten future research https://t.co/djesR3RPE3
