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The Source

March 17, 2026

Rural Missourians more likely to lack health insurance than urban residents

The rural-urban gap in health coverage is far wider in Missouri than elsewhere in the country, driven by a dearth of employer-sponsored health insurance in rural areas.

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March 15, 2026

The Moment, March 15, 2026

Meeting the moment; loneliness study; finding public health's way forward

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March 14, 2026

A conversation with trust researcher Hannah Kinzer

PhD candidate studies how to strengthen health communication and build trust to improve the control of infectious diseases

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March 13, 2026

Finding the way forward for public health

Assembly Series event March 31 to feature Dean Sandro Galea and other national leaders in the field

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WashU Magazine

March 13, 2026

Built to meet the moment

WashU scholars wrote the textbook on dissemination and implementation — the science of how to put research into practice — and have been building on that expertise ever since. Their work is needed now more than ever.

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The Source

March 13, 2026

Nearly half of young adults report loneliness in eight-country study

Young adults who report feeling lonely face much higher likelihood of depression and anxiety, according to a new international study led by researchers at WashU Public Health.

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The New Yorker

March 12, 2026

The unmaking of the American university

WashU Public Health Dean Sandro Galea said that his school will, among other things, be empathetic toward people “whose primary interface with the world is faith.”

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The Beacon

March 12, 2026

A Missouri pilot program reimagines rural hospitals as the central hub for more than health care

The Transformation of Rural Community Health (ToRCH) program is partly the brainchild of WashU Public Health's Abigail Barker. The program aims to improve the health of Missourians on Medicaid by tackling nonmedical factors such as food insecurity.

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Axios

March 12, 2026

FDA looks to boost biosimilars to lower drug costs

"Even if the FDA makes it easier to approve biosimilars...these other barriers remain," said WashU Law's Rachel Sachs, an SPH secondary faculty member.

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