Sarah Fentem
Sarah Fentem reports on sickness and health as part of St. Louis Public Radio’s news team. She previously spent five years reporting for different NPR stations in Indiana, immersing herself deep, deep into an insurance policy beat from which she may never fully recover. A longitme NPR listener, she grew up hearing WQUB in Quincy, Illinois, which is now owned by STLPR. She lives in the Kingshighway Hills neighborhood, and in her spare time likes to watch old sitcoms, meticulously clean and organize her home and go on outdoor adventures with her fiancé Elliot. She has a cat, Lil Rock, and a dog, Ginger.
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Updated at 8 p.m. March 10 with confirmation from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed...
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Missouri is prepared for the coronavirus that is spreading across the U.S., health officials said Monday. Gov. Mike Parson said state officials are...
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More people in Missouri are consulting doctors via telephone or video services — and mental health care is most in demand. Patient visits using...
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The top administrator at Missouri’s sole abortion provider testified during the last day of a hearing that state officials had become increasingly...
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On the first day of an administrative hearing that could determine the fate of Missouri’s sole abortion clinic, attorneys for the state questioned the...
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Doctoral students in psychology at the University of Missouri will be able to learn how to better treat and prevent addiction thanks to a $1.2 million...
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More than 12% of Missouri children are obese, but the 2018 rate held steady from the year before, according to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson...
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Missouri health officials have confirmed two cases in the state of a mysterious vaping-related pulmonary illness that has sickened hundreds of people...
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A federal judge has put a hold on Missouri’s eight-week abortion ban, but has left other provisions of the controversial law intact. The parts of the...
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On Aug. 9, Holly Uchtman and her 7-year-old son Zyler headed to their weekly appointment at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Zyler has Duchenne muscular...