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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Temporary motions have put a hold on the state’s near-total abortion ban, but a trial will need to take place to overturn the ban permanently. -
A Kansas City judge on Friday ruled that licensing requirements that were keeping clinics from providing abortions were discriminatory. Planned Parenthood Great Rivers this week will begin offering its first abortion appointments in years. -
Ameren Missouri announced plans to upgrade its grid and build new power plants to meet an anticipated increase in demand from companies moving to the state. -
![From left: Kendyl Underwood, a 20-year-old St. Louis University student studying nursing, demonstrates in support of abortion rights on Friday, June 24, 2022, outside the Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri. “The only thing we can do is push back,” Underwood said. “It’s not democracy for [the Supreme Court] to pass this and we have to make that heard.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/718e17a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2999x1671+0+223/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2Fd9%2F0785d3bb476d87884bab7ce7eec8%2F06242022-bm-pp-8a.JPG)
The move comes months after Missourians voted to enshrine abortion access in the state constitution. -
The proposed cap on grants is part of a raft of sweeping federal cost-cutting measures put in place by the Trump administration. -
For 10 days this winter, students at Washington University worked around the clock to create adaptive devices for people with disabilities. -
Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital opened last year in the Carr Square neighborhood. It furloughed employees and closed after just 11 months. Some employees said they still are owed wages. -
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’s Hospital and the behavioral health provider KVC needed the council’s 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. -
“The decision to leave these health centers might be one of the hardest I have yet to encounter in my career,” McNicholas wrote on social media Monday evening.
![From left: Kendyl Underwood, a 20-year-old St. Louis University student studying nursing, demonstrates in support of abortion rights on Friday, June 24, 2022, outside the Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri. “The only thing we can do is push back,” Underwood said. “It’s not democracy for [the Supreme Court] to pass this and we have to make that heard.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e356636/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2999x1671+0+223/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2Fd9%2F0785d3bb476d87884bab7ce7eec8%2F06242022-bm-pp-8a.JPG)
