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An analysis led by WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride shows that tax credits passed in 2021 led to a rapid increase in the number of Missourians enrolled in marketplace plans.

“People might do better, physically, psychologically, socially, if they have a role that they think is important and they identify with,” said the Brown School’s Cal J. Halvorsen, a member of the SPH secondary faculty.

Increasing hallucinogen use has had unclear effects on the health of users, says WashU Medicine’s Kevin Xu, a member of the SPH secondary faculty.

A policy analysis co-authored by WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride, Sarah Eisenstein, and Claire Ami Pavlides explains dramatic shifts in Missouri Medicaid coverage.

Dean Sandro Galea speaks about a report he co-authored outlining a five-step, evidence-based roadmap to safer firearm regulation.

WashU Public Health’s Food and Agriculture Research Mission is taking a new approach to tackling global challenges associated with agricultural production, food distribution and access to quality nutrition.

WashU Public Health’s Matt Kreuter and Rachel Garg report a dramatic spike in 211 food assistance calls as SNAP disruptions during the government shutdown trigger disaster-level demand.

Historian of public health Kristin Brig-Ortiz, PhD, a member of the SPH secondary faculty, tells how the inequitable colonial-era water system in Durban, South Africa, continues to influence access to clean water in the city.

WashU’s undergraduate Program in Public Health & Society, a collaboration between WashU Public Health and Arts & Sciences, offers an opportunity for students to actively shape the evolving curriculum in which they participate.

WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride says Missouri’s Medicaid expansion faces a looming funding shortfall, with rural hospitals and patients likely to bear the brunt of delayed action.