Missourians brace for health insurance premium spikes with federal subsidies set to expire
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.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
“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.
Popularity of psilocybin, psychedelics hasn’t increased ER visits
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.
WashU: ACA, Medicaid expansion reduced Missouri uninsured
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.
Evidence — not politics — is key to tackling gun violence, says WashU dean
Dean Sandro Galea speaks about a report he co-authored outlining a five-step, evidence-based roadmap to safer firearm regulation.
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.