The Open Source

In the Midwest, climate change is expected to negatively affect human health and exacerbate existing challenges. Air quality is already poor in parts of the Midwest and is projected to worsen with rising temperatures. Precipitation in the Midwest is expected become more intense, leading to increased flood damage, strained drainage systems, and reduced drinking water availability. Midwestern cities with impervious infrastructure may result in surface runoff entering combined storm and sewage drainage systems. When these systems are overloaded during intense rainstorms, raw sewage overflow can result, impacting clean water availability.

According to FEMA and 13 other government agencies, St. Louis is in danger if climate change issues are not immediately addressed. It is now time for the community to take charge. MSD has suggestions about what to do.

St. Louis storms are more frequent and intense. With no climate control solution, 13 federal agencies say that within the next 30 years flooding and erosion will be insurmountable.

Planned Parenthood has expanded its Advanced GYN services and added more doctors. An example is the diagnosis and treatment for pelvic pan, infertility, cancerous lesions, etc. In addition, Planned Parenthood offers Gender Affirming Hormone evaluation, therapy and medication.

For several interrelated reasons, women's average lifetime earnings are substantially lower than their male counterparts. Women provide the majority of unpaid family caregiving which means their careers are frequently interrupted. Typically when most careers are formed and earning profiles are established,  women are giving birth and building their families. Research shows that a woman's lifetime earning potential is cut by 28% with the birth of one child. Each additional child reduces a woman's average earning potential by another 3 percent.