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High participation in social distancing would decrease coronavirus impact in...
High levels of social distancing would lower the COVID-19 infection, hospitalization and death rates over the next six months across all counties in Missouri, finds a new study from Washington...
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Stroke evaluations drop by nearly 40% during COVID-19 pandemic
The number of people evaluated for signs of stroke at U.S. hospitals has dropped by nearly 40% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from Washington University School of...
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Model predicts economic, public health repercussions of lifting quarantine...
COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus, was officially declared a pandemic on March 11 by the World Health Organization. Nearly two months later, many municipalities and states around...
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Recognizing our graduates through virtual ceremonies
This is a graduation season like no other that Washington University in St. Louis has experienced in its 167-year history. When Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced March 16 in a heartfelt video...
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Will CARES Act stimulate economic growth or more inequity?
If history is any indication, the economic fallout and increased political demands caused by the coronavirus could pressure government leaders into building a new safety net for lower income groups,...
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Students, faculty providing coronavirus-related outreach to Latino population
As stay-at-home orders to stem the spread of COVID-19 were announced in March, Austin Ibele, a first-year student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, investigated whether...
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Flies sleep when need arises to adapt to new situations
Flies that cannot take to the air respond by sleeping more as they learn to adapt to their flightlessness, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings,...
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Class of 2020 in-person Commencement rescheduled for May 2021
Washington University in St. Louis plans to welcome the graduating Class of 2020 back to campus for an in-person Commencement ceremony on May 30, 2021, according to Chancellor Andrew D. Martin. This...
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Honoring Commencement traditions in the era of COVID-19
McKelvey School of Engineering student Helena Hurbon opens her celebration box. Washington University sent 4,100 boxes to graduates around the globe. Gina Tramelli, senior director of special events at...
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‘This was unprecedented’
While Washington University was founded in St. Louis — and has made the city its home for 167 years — its faculty, students and staff routinely travel around the world to conduct research, study and...
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Graduates encouraged to tackle crisis, grant themselves, others compassion
Graduates from the Class of 2020 posed for photos in their regalia and Class of 2020 T-shirts. Across St. Louis, America and the globe, the 3,298 graduates of Washington University in St. Louis...
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Brown School researchers awarded $3.2 million grant to study child growth,...
Trish Kohl and Lora Iannotti, associate professors at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, have received a five-year $3.2 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National...
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Aluminum may affect lead levels in drinking water
It is not uncommon to find aluminum in municipal water systems. It’s part of a treatment chemical used in some water treatment processes. Recently, however, it has been discovered in lead scale,...
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Global study to test malaria drug to protect health workers from COVID-19
With $9 million in philanthropic support, an international group of physicians and scientists is establishing a research network to evaluate promising therapies for COVID-19. The group, called the...
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COVID-19 study looks at genetics of healthy people who develop severe illness
To help unravel the mysteries of COVID-19, scientists are sequencing the DNA of young, healthy adults and children who develop severe illness despite having no underlying medical problems. The...
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$5 million supports research into neglected tropical diseases
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling more than $5 million to study two types of parasitic...
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University funds program that delivers food, services to nearby neighborhoods
As part of its response to the COVID-19 crisis, Washington University in St. Louis has partnered with Park Central Development and St. Louis Food Angels to deliver groceries to nearby families. But the...
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Lack of physical activity during COVID-19 may fuel childhood obesity, new...
The childhood obesity rate in the United States may increase by 2.4% if school closures continue into December, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “Having...
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$13.7 million to further adolescent brain development study
Washington University scientists will receive $13.7 million in additional funding for ongoing research into adolescent brain development. Their work is part of the largest long-term study of brain...
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MyDay program progresses
While university leaders continue to make progress with MyDay, the multiyear program to modernize how Washington University in St. Louis collects, manages, analyzes and reports the data needed to...
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