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Sarah Fentem

Sarah Fentem

Health Reporter at WQUB-FM

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  • English
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  • Health & Medicine

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Recent Articles

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BJC HealthCare plans work in poor communities to make St. Louisans healthier

BJC HealthCare, the hospital system that operates Barnes-Jewish Hospital and more than a dozen others in the St. Louis region, on Wednesday unveiled a strategic plan that aims to decrease health disparities between the city’s richest and poorest residents, particularly the gap in health outcomes for…
almost 4 years ago
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St. Louis County plans to use opioid settlement to update medical e...

St. Louis County is set to receive $45 million from the settlement with drugmakers and manufacturers, which will be paid out in portions over more than a decade. The county could use the money to upgrade the medical examiner’s office, which is swamped with overdose victims, County Executive Sam Page…
almost 4 years ago
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St. Louis recorded hundreds of overdose deaths during the pandemic

In the first three quarters of 2021, there were 780 overdose deaths in the St. Louis region, about the same as during the same period in 2020, according to the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The St. Louis area accounted for nearly half of fatalities stat…
almost 4 years ago
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Job training programs work but need more funding, St. Louis officia...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday visited Clyde Miller Career Academy in St. Louis, which offers training in hospitality, manufacturing and other fields besides preparing students for college. The governor said he’d like to see more of Missouri’s high schools offer career training to help fill t…
over 3 years ago
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COVID is here to stay, St. Louis officials say. Here’s their plan t...

Health officials say people in the St. Louis region should expect to live with the threat of the coronavirus. To help, the St. Louis and St. Louis County health departments have released “Living With COVID-19,” a plan for people, businesses and government agencies.
over 3 years ago
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Missouri environmental groups criticize proposed discharge permits ...

Missouri environmental groups are decrying proposed state rules that would allow power plants to discharge contaminants like coal ash into groundwater through a general permit for multiple facilities. Power plants currently have individual, site-specific permits.
over 3 years ago
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St. Louis County plans to use coronavirus relief funds for mental h...

St. Louis County is on track to see 3,000 patients this year for mental health treatment, up from 2,300 last year. County Executive Sam Page wants to use federal coronavirus relief money and funds from a large settlement to help the demand.
over 3 years ago
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St. Louis health director considers mask requirement as coronavirus...

St. Louis is seeing rising numbers of coronavirus cases, and the city’s health director is again considering recommending public health measures, including mask requirements, to protect people from the virus.
over 3 years ago
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After months of waiting, young kids in St. Louis can get the COVID-...

Earlier this month, federal officials recommended the COVID-19 vaccine for that age group after the Food and Drug Administration determined it was safe and effective. Doses of the vaccine, scaled down in size for smaller children, began arriving in St. Louis late last week.
over 3 years ago
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St. Louis health officials answer your questions about the monkeypo...

Two dozen cases of monkeypox have been reported in Missouri, with about one-third of those cases in St. Louis. While the state’s case count is much lower than in Illinois, New York and other states with higher populations, health officials are trying to keep the virus from spreading through educatio…
over 3 years ago
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clinics report shortage of medical interpreters | STLPR - St. Louis...

Medical providers in St. Louis are having trouble finding people with the knowledge and language skills to be interpreters for clinics and hospitals, a critical need for local health workers. Even finding interpreters for Spanish and other widely spoken languages can be taxing, say clinic workers.
almost 3 years ago