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michelemunz.bsky.social
Health reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Missouri health providers and advocates raise alarms ahead of vote on ‘big, beautiful’ bill www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

St. Louis biomed firm was on the cusp of a breakthrough TB drug. Then its funding was cut. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

Fimbrion Therapeutics was blindsided by an abrupt and unexplained cut in National Institutes of Health funding. Not only is its research jeopardized, the company may close.

"I can’t even imagine what this will be like going forward."

Unseen devastation of the St. Louis tornado: mental health. 'I will never be the same.' www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

Clayton, University City schools to close, hundreds of St. Louis students to relocate after tornado damage www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...

Here’s how to help, or find help, after St. Louis tornado www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

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Free health clinic in downtown St. Louis draws thousands. ‘It’s just a drop in the bucket.’ www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

Third measles case confirmed in Missouri as more info emerges about St. Louis case www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

Nearly 5,000 people could get free medical, dental, vision care in St. Louis next week at a first-come, first-served massive clinic put on by Seventh-Day Adventists.

Hunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel’s blockade leaves mothers with few options www.stltoday.com/news/nation-... #palestine #gaza

Mega clinic will provide free health services over four days at America’s Center in St. Louis www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

Group seeks to strike down Missouri’s parental involvement laws for minors seeking abortions www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

NEW: Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it. By @jessicamiller.bsky.social, with @sltrib.com

The Missouri Botanical Garden and the St. Louis Zoo lost nearly $1 million amid the Trump administration's funding cuts.

Stricter air-quality rules, pushed through in the last days of the Biden administration, face an uncertain future under a Trump-led Environmental Protection Agency and pushback from Missouri Republicans.

When Trump appointed Ed Martin as interim U.S. attorney in D.C. in January, I did a double take. Ed Martin? The same Ed Martin I’d seen stir chaos through Missouri politics for years? And now he was suddenly holding one of the most powerful prosecutorial posts in the country? 🧵

For sickle cell disease patients with no sibling or donor match, the new therapy is their only chance at living a normal life.

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House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.

Exacerbating concerns, the federal gvt. at the end of March halted $11.4 billion in funding slated to bolster local public health efforts against disease outbreaks. More than $250 million was supposed to go to Missouri, and efforts to improve the state’s vaccination rates are having to shutter.

Health officials prepare as measles cases creep closer to Missouri www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

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Missouri clinics fight new restrictions on medication abortion www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

“A recent paper published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas found that government investments in research and development accounted for at least a fifth of U.S. productivity growth since World War II” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/b...

Today’s front page. So very Missouri.

Abortions resume for first time in years at Planned Parenthood’s St. Louis clinic www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

The NIH plans to resume posting notices of new solicitations for grant proposals. But there’s a catch: The HHS and DOGE will review each draft notice to ensure the research that will be funded aligns with the priorities of President Trump’s administration, Science has learned. scim.ag/3DJsafL

After months of dealing with my major snafu of signing up for Bluesky with a typo in my email, I’m finally here for real! Excited to use this app more 🦋🦋🦋