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The world’s deadliest disease

After years of decline, tuberculosis (TB) infection rates are rising in the U.S. and worldwide. “When you underinvest in public health, there’s a surge in illness … and that’s exactly what we’re heading into right now," says Dean Sandro Galea.

WashU Magazine

August 12, 2025

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Rich trove of data on social needs waits to be tapped

211 Counts’ real-time data on Americans’ calls for help could provide early warning of emerging problems

August 12, 2025

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Map shows where Walgreens is closing locations

WashU Olin Business' Patrick Aguilar says that the closures will mean even worse access for patients, particularly for medications that treat newly emerged conditions and those in small and rural areas.

Newsweek

August 12, 2025

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Five years after Missouri voters expanded Medicaid, sign-ups exceed expectations

Tim McBride explains how the program’s growth has been both predictable and cost-effective — thanks in part to strategic enrollment pathways and federal funding offsets.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

August 12, 2025

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Franco Silva receives Viva Brasil STL scholarship 

PhD student studies how urban design can improve public health

August 8, 2025

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Geng named editor-in-chief of Implementation Science Communications

HIV expert aims to publish research that balances conceptual innovation with real world impact

August 7, 2025

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Federal cuts to health care research and quality agency make Missouri hospitals less safe

Health care-quality researchers Mary Politi and Ginger McKay say that the funding cuts undermine efforts to improve medical care and health outcomes.

Missouri Independent

August 7, 2025

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Young child with cancer and her father talk to a doctor.

Measuring stigma in pediatric cancer is first step to removing it

Stigma regarding children with cancer and their families can lead to delayed diagnosis and treatment dropout, worsening outcomes. But before the problem of stigma can be addressed, researchers need to understand it better.

August 7, 2025

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This $50 Billion Band-Aid Won’t Save Rural Health Care

Tim McBride warns that the new rural health-care legislation may worsen disparities rather than solve them. The legislation favors smaller states, potentially deepening partisan divides in health-care funding, McBride says.

Mother Jones

August 6, 2025

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