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The Source

August 29, 2025

Vaccine approval changes create economic challenge for health industry

New COVID-19 vaccine guidelines could create supply chain challenges, says Patrick Aguilar, MD, managing director of Olin Business School’s Business of Health initiative and a secondary faculty member at SPH.

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August 29, 2025

Bringing a medical perspective to global public health

From Switzerland to Honduras, MD/MPH student Priscilla Cruz studies pressing public health issues

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August 29, 2025

Addressing crime No. 1 way to improve life in St. Louis, locals say

Poll of area residents identifies crime, cost of living as top concerns

Image of a crime scene, with blurry police lights and yellow tape with "police line do not cross"
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MedPage Today

August 27, 2025

Potent cannabis products linked to psychosis, mental health risks

WashU Medicine’s Patricia Cavazos-Rehg, an SPH secondary faculty member, says that although some studies showed benefits of cannabis for anxiety and depression, many studies also found risks.

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NPR

August 27, 2025

When hospitals and insurers fight, patients get caught in the middle

WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride explains how rising hospital costs and shrinking federal health-care funding are fueling disputes between hospitals and insurers. As negotiations stall, access to care and coverage hangs in the balance.

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Associated Press

August 26, 2025

What is a famine and who declares one?

WashU Medicine's Mark Manary, a global expert on childhood malnutrition and a secondary faculty member at SPH, emphasizes that recovery is possible — but only if food aid is urgently delivered and sustained over the coming months.

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August 16, 2025

Ohio train disaster led to high rates of PTSD, depression

Residents who distrust government information more likely to experience symptoms

Released chemicals rise from the ground like a mushroom cloud in a residential neighborhood.
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New Pittsburgh Courier

August 15, 2025

Study: Many Allegheny County psych hospitalizations do more harm than good

SPH’s Morgan Shields, an expert in psychiatric care quality, says that people who have bad experiences with inpatient psychiatric care can lose trust in the mental health system.

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Kansas City Star

August 15, 2025

Rural hospitals in Missouri struggle to turn a profit. Medicaid cuts could force closures

Health economist Tim McBride says that fewer insured patients leads to higher uncompensated care costs and more economic stress for small hospitals.

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