How Trump’s ‘one big beautiful bill’ continues its assault on Obamacare
Republican efforts to make it harder for what they term “able-bodied” adults to get Medicaid is code for scaling back Obamacare, said Timothy McBride.
Unseen devastation of the St. Louis tornado: mental health. ‘I will never be the same.’
The people most susceptible to mental health problems after disasters are those already struggling, said Salma Abdalla.
WashU Public Health Ideas with Elvin Geng
As part of Public Health Ideas, a platform for the dean of WashU School of Public Health to share and discuss researchers’ work, Dean Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH, talks with Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, a WashU Public Health secondary faculty member and a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at WashU Medicine. […]
Public Health in Progress, June 2, 2025
Weekly news from the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis Dear colleagues, Space moves As we move to settle our space footprint in 4300 Duncan and Hillman Hall, all of our primary faculty and senior staff have now received an email from our associate dean of administration — Sunghei Han — […]
Black St. Louis tornado victims likely to face disproportionate mental health impacts
Salma Abdalla talks about the importance of social connections and self-compassion in recovery from traumatic events.
Amid turbulence, the NIH’s Jay Bhattacharya era begins
Dean Sandro Galea’s 2023 book, “Within Reason: A Liberal Public Health for an Illiberal Time” was cited in a discussion of how the public health establishment handled — and mishandled — criticism of COVID-era policies.
WashU experts defend fluoride with facts
Helping Missouri communities choose health
Public Health in Progress, May 19, 2025
Weekly news from the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis Dear colleagues, Friday’s tornadoes As everyone knows, a tornado directly hit our campus last week, damaging the campus and property for many in our WashU and neighboring communities. As far as we know, all members of our WashU community are physically […]
Public Health in Progress, May 12, 2025
Weekly news from the School of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis Dear colleagues, A very warm congratulations to all the students who are graduating from WashU today, including the students who are graduating with their MPH and PhD in public health sciences from the Brown School. We do what we do in […]
As Republicans Eye Sweeping Medicaid Cuts, Missouri Offers a Preview
Timothy McBride comments on how the proposed federal cuts to Medicaid could affect Missouri.