WashU experts defend fluoride with facts
As more U.S. cities debate whether to remove fluoride from their water systems, public health experts at the WashU Prevention Research Center are providing clear, evidence-based tools to help local...
View ArticleSolidarity amid tragedy
Centennial Christian Church, a close community partner with WashU Medicine, plans to rebuild after a devastating tornado on May 16.
View ArticleSeelinger gives keynote at international conference on sexual violence
Director of the Center for Human Rights, Gender and Migration, Kim Thuy Seelinger has been asked to speak at several high profile international conferences in the past month. Read more about the topics...
View ArticleWashU Expert: US cuts threaten global efforts to prevent violence against...
WashU experts warn that pulling support from key data systems could erase decades of progress in protecting women and children from violence.
View ArticleShining a light on psychiatric hospital safety
As more Americans seek mental health care in inpatient psychiatric facilities, families face a troubling lack of accessible information about the safety and quality of these institutions. Read the...
View ArticleWashU summer camp merges art, public health education
The Light Institute brings art to education on public health. The learners? St. Louis middle schoolers.
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Missouri Medicaid enrollment stable; pending applications drop
Written by Timothy McBride, co-director, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy and Economics Research Total net enrollment of Missouri’s Medicaid program has remained relatively stable in the...
View ArticleNIH funding cuts to implementation science slowing progress on HIV
Implementation science grant terminations, combined with the U.S.’ withdrawal of support for HIV prevention and treatment programs, threaten to derail global progress toward ending the HIV epidemic....
View ArticleExpanding proper asthma care
Written by Juan Tueme, MD candidate at Ponce Health Sciences University; RADIANCE Scholar in the Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Asthma is a chronic, preventable respiratory...
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