[Missouri middle school teacher accused of sending inappropriate photos to student] ST. LOUIS – As the Omicron variant of COVID still surges throughout the St. Louis region, Barnes-Jewish Hospital says it is seeing the impact on pregnant women. Dr. Ebony Carter, a Washington University high-risk OB/GYN, says approximately 37% of pregnant women were COVID positive when they arrived at the hospital this week. Last week, said it was up to 45%. “We’ve never seen numbers this high,” said Dr. Carter. She explains that when the Delta variant was surging in August 20% of pregnant women in the hospital were testing...