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December 10, 2024

WashU Medicine reaches all-time high in NIH funding

NIH grants recognize the quality and significance of WashU Medicine research in enabling life-changing advances in medicine.

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September 8, 2020
Adeoye named head of new emergency medicine department
First to hold BJC HealthCare Distinguished Professorship of Emergency Medicine.
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September 4, 2020
Rubenstein named director of pediatric allergy and pulmonary medicine division
Physician-scientist noted for expertise in cystic fibrosis.
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September 4, 2020
Covid testing, not a cure, is what investors need to watch
Source: Wall Street Journal
September 3, 2020
Global trial to test whether MMR vaccine protects front-line health-care workers against COVID-19
Vaccine may strengthen immune response to viral infections; trial to enroll up to 30,000 health-care workers .
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September 3, 2020
‘It does not even come close’: Virtual learning a struggle for many special needs students, parents
Source: St. Louis Public Radio
September 3, 2020
Newly FDA-approved COVID-19 test developed at WashU is ‘major development’
Source: KSDK-TV
September 2, 2020
$10 million in grants aimed at preventing organ rejection after transplantation
Researchers to study how immune cells respond after lung, heart transplants.
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September 1, 2020
Telemedicine health clinic opens for employees and dependents 18 and older
WashU Express Care began offering services online Sept. 1.
Medical Campus & Community
September 1, 2020
Past vaccine disasters show why rushing a coronavirus vaccine now would be ‘colossally stupid’
Source: CNN
August 31, 2020
College students access eating disorders therapy via phone app
Multi-university study shows app can help students reduce symptoms, ease depression.
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August 31, 2020
Study provides insight on how to build a better flu vaccine
New approach enables scientists to see how immune system responds to vaccination.
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August 28, 2020
I don’t know if my relationship will survive the pandemic
Source: New York Times
August 28, 2020
Genetic mutations may be linked to infertility, early menopause
Gene in fruit flies, worms, zebrafish, mice and people may help explain some fertility issues.
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August 28, 2020
What a nasal spray vaccine against COVID-19 might do even better than a shot
Source: NPR/Morning Edition
August 28, 2020
Covid-19 has disproportionately impacted those living with developmental disabilities
Source: CNN
August 28, 2020
COVID-19 disproportionately affects developmentally disabled
In great need of in-person supports, developmentally disabled are overlooked in pandemic-related decisions, experts say.
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August 27, 2020
Novel clinical trial launched to test multiple therapeutics to treat COVID-19
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August 27, 2020
Identifying emerging diseases focus of new international collaboration
School of Medicine to become 1 of 10 sites under new Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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August 27, 2020
Cochlear implants should be recommended for adults more often
New statement raises awareness of underused hearing device.
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August 26, 2020
Washington University develops COVID-19 saliva test
Test is faster, simpler than nasal, oral swab tests and enables screening on a massive scale.
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August 26, 2020
Washington University spit test approved by FDA for virus
Source: Associated Press
August 25, 2020
The pandemic is influencing women’s perinatal or postpartum depression and anxiety, here’s what an expert suggests
Source: St. Louis Magazine
August 25, 2020
Podcast: Where does life in the U.S. stand six months into the pandemic?
This episode of 'Show Me the Science' looks at where the nation has come and where we may be headed as coronavirus infections and deaths continue to rise.
Podcast, Show Me the Science
August 24, 2020
AAMC honors writing of Medical Public Affairs staffers
Kristina Sauerwein, Tamara Bhandari, Elizabethe Holland Durando honored by AAMC Group on Institutional Advancement.
Medical Campus & Community
August 23, 2020
African American children with autism experience long delays in diagnosis
Such delays lead to serious disparities in access to developmental therapy.
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August 23, 2020
China’s vaccine front-runner aims to beat Covid the old-fashioned way
Source: Bloomberg
August 21, 2020
Bringing up a baby – during a pandemic
Source: NPR/Science Friday
August 21, 2020
Nasal vaccine against COVID-19 prevents infection in mice
Nasal delivery produces more widespread immune response than intramuscular injection.
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August 20, 2020
Significant weight loss has same metabolic effects on diabetics from surgery or diet along, study finds
Source: Fox News
August 20, 2020
As Covid symptoms linger, demand for specialized clinics surges
Source: Wall Street Journal
August 19, 2020
Major weight loss — whether from surgery or diet — has same metabolic benefits
For severely obese, it's the weight loss alone that drives improvements such as remission of diabetes.
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August 19, 2020
New center to explore brain, immune system connections
Discoveries will aid efforts to develop immune therapies for neurological diseases.
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August 18, 2020
WashU-developed holograms help physicians during cardiac procedure
Source: BBC
August 14, 2020
Study hints, can’t prove, survivor plasma fights COVID-19
Source: Associated Press
August 13, 2020
2,000 volunteers needed to evaluate rapid COVID-19 saliva test
Medical Campus & Community
August 12, 2020
Gereau honored for mentorship and training in neuroscience research
Recognized with Landis Award from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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