Durrie Bouscaren
Durrie Bouscaren covers healthcare and medical research throughout the St. Louis metro area. She comes most recently from Iowa Public Radio’s newsroom in Des Moines, where she reported on floods, a propane shortage, and small-town defense contractors. Since catching the radio bug in college, Bouscaren has freelanced and interned at NPR member stations WRVO, WAER and KQED. Her work has aired on All Things Considered, KQED’s The California Report, and Harvest Public Media, a regional reporting collaborative.
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Intense stress faced by new moms can also affect the emotional development of their baby. That's a good reason to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income… -
Several parts of the country have only a quarter or less than the mental health professionals they need, according to the federal Health Resources and… -
Across the country, the clock is ticking down on filing deadlines for companies who want to offer plans on the healthcare.gov marketplace. Several… -
This week, Missouri transferred the state-run health coverage of about 240,000 low-income adults and children to managed care plans run by three… -
The classic lab mouse is black or white, eats a precisely measured diet to keep him lean, and is relatively young — probably a teenager or young adult... -
Children who live with persistent asthma in childhood are at a higher risk of developing lung problems later in life, according to new findings from a... -
New insight from a Washington University study could improve access to mental health care for African-American men. -
Growing up, as the searing pain of a sickle cell crisis would spread through her veins, Tanjila Bolden-Myers would ask her mother if this time, it would... -
Christina Popp has a theory about ground beef: It’s more cost effective to purchase a leaner version because most of the fat cooks out. -
The opening bars of Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” echo through a bustling therapy gym as 13-year-old Courtney Turner practices her physical therapy…
