Sarah Fentem
Health ReporterSarah 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 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 new building in Hillsboro replaces a 70-year-old location the Health Department used for years. -
Officials said the $116 million project is necessary to meet the needs of an aging population. -
Missouri is one of eight states in the country where a human has been diagnosed with Chagas disease. Scientists are now calling on health authorities to declare the disease endemic in the United States. -
In a change from previous federal recommendations, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved this year's shots only for older people and those with underlying health conditions. -
"I know you probably heard on social media — meth labs, things of that sort," said St. Louis County Police Chief Kenneth Gregory. "But there was nothing like that [investigators] determined." -
The statewide network will provide an on-call certified nurse examiner to support workers at other hospitals through videoconferencing during sexual assault forensic exams. -
Police say the arrest came after they interviewed a third witness last month. -
The person was being treated at a St. Louis-area hospital after contracting the amoeba Naegleria fowleri, which is sometimes referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba” because of its catastrophic effects on the central nervous system. -
The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. Infections are rare but nearly always fatal.
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The city is updating the nine-mile thoroughfare top-to-bottom, part of a multi-year effort to make the city’s major roads safer using $46 million in pandemic relief funds -
The helicopter was carrying workers who were doing maintenance work on power lines, said Cpl. Dallas Thompson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. No other injuries were reported. -
Approximately half of the employees who lost their jobs at the Des Peres hospital were able to find work at other St. Luke’s locations, a spokeswoman said in an email.
