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With Medicaid cuts looming, misinformation spreads on social media

Moves by Republican lawmakers to scale back Medicaid have led to misconceptions about immigrants, especially Latinos.

NBC News
In the News

WashU engineers make microwave-size bird flu detector amid outbreak

Researchers in the lab of Rajan Chakrabarty, PhD, professor, McKelvey School of Engineering, & public health faculty scholar, built a biosensor that can detect the presence of bird flu particles […]

St. Louis Public Radio
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With Medicaid cuts looming, misinformation spreads on social media

Moves by Republican lawmakers to scale back Medicaid have led to misconceptions about immigrants, especially Latinos.

NBC News
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C.D.C. Suggests Terms Like ‘Race’ and ‘Health Equity’ Are Off-Limits, Then Backtracks

Sandro Galea: “We have to be careful not to over-invest in words that have become very difficult to have meaningful conversations about, and to take a step back and say, […]

The New York Times
Dean of Public Health reimagines the U.S.’s poor state of public health equity and spending
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Dean of Public Health reimagines the U.S.’s poor state of public health equity and spending

Galea gives Assembly Series talk to a full audience at Graham Chapel on Jan. 29.

Student Life
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Doctors opposing RFK Jr. rally in the lead-up to his confirmation

Experts, including WashU’s Ross Brownson, weigh in on whether RFK Jr. should lead Department of Health and Human Services.

NPR
In the News

A team sport: How newly hired Dean Galea sees the future of public health at WashU

The School of Public Health aims to improve research, access, and information dissemination in health areas such as environmental and mental health

Student Life
A conversation with Sandro Galea: Inaugural dean of WashU School of Public Health
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A conversation with Sandro Galea: Inaugural dean of WashU School of Public Health

As WashU prepares to launch its first new school in a century, Dr. Sandro Galea outlines his vision for shaping public health in St. Louis—and beyond.

St. Louis Magazine
‘A really interesting time to be a student in public health’
In the News

‘A really interesting time to be a student in public health’

WashU Public Health’s inaugural dean visits KMOX-AM radio to talk about new school

KMOX

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