Sarah Fentem

St. Louis

Reporter at St.Louis Public Radio NPR

Perpetually indignant flyover resident. Health reporter @stlpublicradio

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Pope Leo XIV's path to the Vatican made a stop in St. Louis

3 days ago | kcur.org | Sarah Fentem |Will Bauer

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV’s path to the Vatican made an early stop in St. Louis. The Roman Catholic Church's cardinals on Thursday elected the 69-year-old native Chicagoan after a two-day conclave in Vatican City. Born Robert Prevost, the first American pope lived in St. Louis in the 1970s while studying to become a priest. In 1977, he entered a novitiate of the Order of St. Augustine at a parish near the present-day St. Louis University medical campus.
Measles case reported in southern Missouri patient

3 weeks ago | ksmu.org | Sarah Fentem

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced today a case of measles has been identified in a child visiting Taney County, in the south central part of the state. The case is the first reported of the infectious virus this year in Missouri. The announcement comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 800 cases of the virus across 10 outbreaks in 25 other states.
Federal government slashes Missouri vaccine funds, as child immunization rates fall

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sarah Fentem

has cut money earmarked to encourage vaccinations among Missourians as part of its mission to slash spending. The cuts come as vaccination rates among Missouri children have gone down and as vaccine-preventable measles has gone up nationally. The cuts, announced in March, were to grants to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Planned Parenthood challenges Missouri's new abortion medication restrictions

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sarah Fentem

Share are asking a judge to pause a law that requires the organization to submit to the state a plan that outlines what to do in case of complications before the clinics offer patients medication-assisted abortions. The Department of Health and Senior Services in March published last-minute rules for what those plans must include, the suit contends.
Missouri child vaccination rates receding

1 month ago | stlamerican.com | Sarah Fentem

Vaccination rates among Missouri kindergarteners had fallen many percentage points in the past five years, according to St. Louis Health Director Mati Hlatshwayo Davis.
Abortions restart in St. Louis, but Missouri health department rejects some of clinic's plans

1 month ago | kcur.org | Sarah Fentem

Almost four months after Missouri voters approved a measure that gave residents the right to an abortion, Planned Parenthood has begun offering the procedure at one of its St. Louis clinics. Clinic officials announced Friday that staff this week have started offering patients procedural abortions, sometimes known as surgical abortions.
Paul McKee’s troubled health center seems doomed

2 months ago | stlamerican.com | Alvin Reid |Sarah Fentem

While the Homer G. Phillips Nurses Alumni copyright infringement lawsuit appeal continues, the three-bed urgent care facility at Jefferson and Cass that carries the name of the acclaimed attorney may soon cease to exist. The troubled facility could soon permanently lose its license and be shuttered – another of the failed projects and broken promises left behind by developer Paul McKee. In December 2024, the state found it didn’t have enough blood on supply.
St. Louis Public Radio, Author at St. Louis American

2 months ago | stlamerican.com | Alvin Reid |Sarah Fentem

Posted inBusiness news While the Homer G. Phillips Nurses Alumni copyright infringement lawsuit appeal continues, the three-bed urgent care facility at Jefferson and Cass that carries the name of the acclaimed attorney may soon cease to exist. The troubled facility could soon permanently lose its license and be shuttered – another of the failed projects and broken promises […]
Missouri engineers create microwave-size bird flu detector that could help stop outbreaks

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sarah Fentem

Share Engineers at Washington University have built a sensor that can detect the presence of bird flu particles within minutes. Bird flu has been spreading throughout the United States, with farmers having to kill millions of chickens and turkeys that have tested positive for the virus. The researchers say the biosensor machine could keep farmers from having to cull their flocks when they detect the contagious virus, which has affected more than 5 million birds in Missouri since 2022 .
Missouri engineers create microwave-size bird flu detector that could help stop outbreaks

2 months ago | kcur.org | Sarah Fentem

Engineers at Washington University have built a sensor that can detect the presence of bird flu particles within minutes. Bird flu has been spreading throughout the United States, with farmers having to kill millions of chickens and turkeys that have tested positive for the virus. The researchers say the biosensor machine could keep farmers from having to cull their flocks when they detect the contagious virus, which has affected more than 5 million birds in Missouri since 2022.

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