Missouri: hungry for solutions
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.
National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters
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.
Access to water has a long racial history in Durban
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.
Students encouraged to shape their own learning in new Public Health & Society program
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.
Missouri Medicaid expansion is nearing a funding cliff few Missourians realize
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.
Missouri residents trust their doctors, but doubt the health system
WashU Medicine’s Margaret Kruk, a secondary faculty member at WashU Public Health, led a national survey of Americans’ perceptions of the U.S. health-care system.
A gun violence ‘action plan’ calls for a new emphasis on prevention
WashU Public Health Dean Sandro Galea joins other experts calling for a prevention-focused action plan to address the root causes of gun violence.
BJC teams with UnitedHealthcare for Affordable Care Act insurance in St. Louis region
WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride urges consumers to check provider networks when insurance shopping.
Missouri health premiums to rise as much as 30% for 2026 amid uncertainty over subsidies
WashU Public Health’s Tim McBride says rising premiums expose deep flaws in insurance markets, leaving working adults and some older Americans vulnerable amid political gridlock.
Health headlines can be confusing – these 3 questions can help you evaluate them
The Brown School’s Kimberly Johnson, MPH, PhD, a member of the SPH secondary faculty, co-authored an article on evaluating health claims from her perspective as a cancer epidemiologist and public health educator.