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Coastal lupine faces specific extinction threat from climate change
Climate change is altering the world we share with all living things. But it’s surprisingly difficult to single out climate change as an extinction threat for any one particular species protected...
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A tale of two forests could reveal path forward for saving endangered lemurs
In one Madagascar forest, the trees teem with lemurs. In another forest just 150 miles away, the last few individuals of a small local population may soon be lost. To figure out how to best support...
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Rep. Bush to address climate change
Bush Washington University will partner with the University of Missouri-St. Louis to present the Missouri Climate Dialogues webinar at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, with a presentation titled “Green...
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‘The Covid Mysteries’
There’s a press conference in heaven. Lucifer’s hand pops into the air. “Hey God,” he asks, “why did you create COVID-19?” The Almighty surveys the crowd, eyes cool. “Thanks everybody,” He says. “No...
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Fear and theater in the time of COVID
Last fall, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of Washington University in St. Louis’ live theater events. But it also created an opportunity to do something completely new. One new idea...
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Chemo for glioblastoma may work better in morning than evening
An aggressive type of brain cancer, glioblastoma has no cure. Patients survive an average of 15 months after diagnosis, with fewer than 10% of patients surviving longer than five years. While...
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What happened to a ‘United’ States?
Washington University in St. Louis · American Democracy Lab – Episode Two Division, partisanship, polarization — these are all terms we consistently hear in current news headlines about the state of...
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Mice with hallucination-like behaviors reveal insight into psychotic illness
The humble lab mouse has provided invaluable clues to understanding diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes to COVID-19. But when it comes to psychiatric conditions, the lab mouse has been sidelined,...
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Study predicts which kids hospitalized with RSV likely to worsen
Children hospitalized with breathing problems due to a common viral lung infection are likely to get sicker and remain hospitalized if they have high levels of defective copies of the virus, according...
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Implementation science should give higher priority to health equity
Moving scientific research results into public health and patient care more quickly could have a significant impact on health equity, finds a new paper from researchers at the Brown School at...
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Lunar New Year Festival: The show goes on
Video by Tom Malkowicz and Elisa Xu While their annual showcase celebrating Asian culture and the Lunar New Year couldn’t happen in person this year in Edison Theatre at Washington University in St....
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Black and Hispanic women, less educated workers among those hardest hit by...
Unemployment fell to 6% in March, according to an April 2 U.S. Department of Labor report. The strongest gains were in leisure and hospitality and construction. The news was better than expected, but...
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For breastfeeding moms, COVID-19 vaccinations may also protect babies
Nursing mothers who receive a COVID-19 vaccine may pass protective antibodies to their babies through breast milk for at least 80 days following vaccination, suggests new research from Washington...
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For malnourished children, a new type of microbiome-directed food boosts growth
A new type of therapeutic food specifically designed to repair the gut microbiomes of malnourished children is superior to standard therapy in promoting growth, according to the results of a...
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Study: Scant evidence that ‘wood overuse’ at Cahokia caused local flooding,...
Whatever ultimately caused inhabitants to abandon Cahokia, it was not because they cut down too many trees, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. Archaeologists from Arts...
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Executive orders come ‘at great cost’
President Joe Biden was expected to announce his administration’s first actions addressing gun violence April 8. He also is facing mounting pressure to cancel student debt via executive action. White...
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Bears baseball is back and looking to go all the way
The sun was shining as the Washington University in St. Louis baseball team took to Kelly Field for their doubleheader against DePauw University on March 20. As the sports anthem “Another One Bites...
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Basketball Hall of Famer Abdul-Jabbar will deliver Commencement address to...
NBA great and social justice advocate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will deliver the 2021 Commencement address for Washington University in St. Louis, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin announced in a video message to...
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Board grants faculty appointments, promotions, tenure
At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting March 5, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective July 1 unless otherwise...
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Child Development Accounts generate assets, parental investments
New research from the Center for Social Development at Washington University’s Brown School shows that parents of newborns with Child Development Accounts (CDAs) respond by deepening their commitment...
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