Coronavirus Coverage by Sarah Fentem
David Kovaluk
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St. Louis Public Radio
Sarah Fentem is the health reporter at St. Louis Public Radio.
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St. Louis hospitals have more than a week before they experience the peak number of patients sick from COVID-19, officials representing the region’s…
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Updated at 5:45 p.m. with comments from the chief health care officer of the Association of American Medical CollegesWashington University’s health care…
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Clifford Mcintyre had been sick with pneumonia before. So when the 49-year-old started coughing and having trouble breathing a few weeks ago, he went to…
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People in the St. Louis region are dying from preventable causes such as strokes or heart attacks because they’re afraid of contracting COVID-19 in…
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Pediatricians are urging families to take their children to the doctor’s office for routine vaccinations, even during the coronavirus pandemic. Parents…
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Mercy Health plans to lay off workers in many of its departments because the coronavirus crisis has cut its revenues. The Chesterfield-based health system…
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Two months after canceling most procedures because of the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals in St. Louis are now scheduling elective surgeries for…
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Doctors in the St. Louis area are monitoring at least four cases of a rare childhood illness linked to COVID-19.The emergence of the sickness known as…
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People who wonder if they’ve been sick with the coronavirus can now be tested for COVID-19 antibodies at urgent care clinics throughout the St. Louis…
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The St. Louis region has avoided a spike in coronavirus hospitalizations after officials lifted stay-at-home orders. But doctors say people need to…