In the News

WashU Medicine’s Mark Manary, a global expert on childhood malnutrition and a secondary faculty member at SPH, emphasizes that recovery is possible — but only if food aid is urgently delivered and sustained over the coming months.

SPH’s Morgan Shields, an expert in psychiatric care quality, says that people who have bad experiences with inpatient psychiatric care can lose trust in the mental health system.

Health economist Tim McBride says that fewer insured patients leads to higher uncompensated care costs and more economic stress for small hospitals.

Matthew Kreuter, who leads the team that conducted the survey, says the shift reflects growing awareness of trauma, grief and stress in the community — and the urgent need to address it.

After years of decline, tuberculosis (TB) infection rates are rising in the U.S. and worldwide. “When you underinvest in public health, there’s a surge in illness … and that’s exactly what we’re heading into right now,” says Dean Sandro Galea.

WashU Olin Business’ Patrick Aguilar says that the closures will mean even worse access for patients, particularly for medications that treat newly emerged conditions and those in small and rural areas.

Tim McBride explains how the program’s growth has been both predictable and cost-effective — thanks in part to strategic enrollment pathways and federal funding offsets.

Health care-quality researchers Mary Politi and Ginger McKay say that the funding cuts undermine efforts to improve medical care and health outcomes.

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.

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.