News

August 7, 2025

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.

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

August 6, 2025

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.

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KRCU

July 31, 2025

MO Expert: Backlog, Not Work Rules, Drives Medicaid Coverage

Tim McBride says new Medicaid work requirements may cause Missouri residents to lose coverage not because they don't meet the work requirements but because of chronic understaffing and administrative backlogs at the state agency.

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Iowa Public Radio

July 31, 2025

Program to protect mentally ill from abuse is slated for cuts. Experts are worried

Morgan Shields warns that proposed federal budget cuts could weaken protections for people in psychiatric facilities by limiting oversight of mental health care and reducing the ability to hold institutions accountable.

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Missouri Independent

July 31, 2025

Looming Medicaid work requirements could worsen Missouri backlogs in social services

New federal Medicaid work requirements could overwhelm Missouri’s already strained social services system, where documentation issues have historically led to delays and disruptions in benefits, says Tim McBride.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

July 29, 2025

Implementation science aims to improve healthcare by validating effective interventions

The Brown School's Byron Powell comments on the achievements and promise of the field of implementation science.

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KMOX

July 29, 2025

New Poll: Gun violence continues to rank as the number one health concern for St Louisans

Matthew Kreuter discusses the results of a new poll from iHeard St. Louis, a listening project designed to enhance communication between local residents and health professionals. iHeard is a project of the Health Communication Research Laboratory, which Kreuter directs.

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July 28, 2025

WashU Public Health Ideas with Dan Giammar

Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Dan Giammar, PhD, about climate change and the impact of environmental regulations on the health of populations. Giammar is the Walter E. Browne Professor of Environmental Engineering, and the director of the Center for the Environment, and a secondary faculty member and co-director of the Planetary Health Innovation Research Network at the School of Public Health.

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