The Record
Friday, Sept. 18, 2026
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New Transcend Initiative to address mycobacteria threats
A new Transcend Initiative led by experts in medicine, chemistry and public health seeks to address and fight life-threatening mycobacterial infections.
WashU Expert: Parents need comprehensive work-family plan
A reported proposal by Vice President JD Vance redirecting childcare subsidies to married couples with a stay-at-home parent won’t address the challenges of soaring costs and limited availability, says sociologist Caitlyn Collins in Arts & Sciences.
Gut microbiome features predict devastating disease
WashU Medicine researchers found that bacteria-infecting viruses and bacterial antibiotic resistance genes in the gut microbiomes of premature babies play an important role in necrotizing enterocolitis, a sudden and often fatal intestinal illness.
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Supreme Court pushes back against Trump and GOP ahead of the midterm elections
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Josh Hawley adds OpenAI, and Democrat allies, to probe of artificial intelligence
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Flock cameras escalate the battle between privacy and safety in St. Louis
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Campus and community news
WashU Medicine researchers led by Jacco Boon show that a novel H5N1 vaccine confers robust protection against bird flu regardless of prior seasonal flu immunity.
Mark R. Rank, WashU’s Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare, is a winner of the NYC Big Book Award in the sociology category for his book “The Random Factor.”
As part of her travel to universities across the country, U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon visited WashU Sept. 16.