Sarah Fentem
Health ReporterSarah Fentem reports on sickness and health as part of 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 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 longtime NPR listener, she grew up hearing WQUB in Quincy, Illinois, which is now owned by STLPR. She lives in South St. Louis, and in her spare time likes to watch old sitcoms, meticulously clean and organize her home and go on outdoor adventures with her husband Elliot. They have a dog named Ginger.
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The proposal would have let county voters decide whether to tax online purchases from out-of-state retailers. -
The rise in popularity of vapes, e-cigarettes and smokeless products risks wiping out progress anti-smoking advocates have made among young people, anti-smoking advocates say. -
St. Louis Children鈥檚 Hospital and the behavioral health provider KVC needed the council鈥檚 approval before building the complex. -
BOCA pharmacy opened on North Jefferson Avenue late last year. The location's owners think its smaller business can succeed as hundreds of other retail pharmacies close nationwide. -
鈥淭he decision to leave these health centers might be one of the hardest I have yet to encounter in my career,鈥� McNicholas wrote on social media Monday evening. -
Margot Riphagen has been Planned Parenthood Great Rivers鈥� vice president of external affairs since April of last year. She was a leader in the coalition of abortion rights supporters that led to Amendment 3 passing in Missouri. -
Missouri officials say the overdose reversal drug naloxone helped contribute to the first decrease in drug-related deaths in nearly a decade. -
The Webster Groves City Council still needs to vote on a measure that would allow construction of a 77-bed pediatric mental health hospital. -
The need for inpatient mental health care for pediatric patients has grown in recent years. Health officials say a proposed facility in Webster Groves could provide much-needed treatment. But some nearby neighbors don鈥檛 like the plan. -
Because some licensing restrictions are still on the books, Planned Parenthood providers said they cannot perform abortions even after an order lifted the state's overall abortion ban. -
Advocates for abortion rights cheered when voters approved Amendment 3, which enshrined the right to an abortion in the Missouri Constitution. But nearly two months after the ballot initiative passed, the procedure still isn鈥檛 available in the state. -
After Missouri voters passed Amendment 3 in November, enshrining the right to an abortion, Planned Parenthood sued to strike down several abortion restrictions in state law. A judge on Friday blocked some but not all of the restrictions.
