Medicine & Health

Political polarization has consistently influenced public reactions to disease outbreaks in the United States, from polio to COVID-19, according to a comprehensive new study by Caitlin McMurtry, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Changes in vaccine approval have created confusion among consumers and industry leaders. Patrick Aguilar, MD, managing director of Olin Business School’s Business of Health initiative at Washington University in St. Louis, says these changes may also further strain the health sector, which makes up nearly 20% of the U.S. economy.

A new study from WashU Medicine identifies a previously unknown way that cells purge waste to promote healing after an injury.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis identified drivers of maternal and child health service use across Africa.

WashU Medicine researchers led by Alex Holehouse have developed a novel method of predicting how certain hard-to-study proteins will behave, with potential implications for research and treatment of many diseases.

WashU Medicine is one of eight academic medical centers to be selected for the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders. The program will provide funding to train a movement disorder specialist in the Department of Neurology.

Jorge A. Di Paola, MD, a professor of pediatrics at WashU Medicine, has been honored by the American Society of Hematology with the 2025 Mentor Award in Basic Science.

A new study in mice by WashU Medicine researchers identifies a possible strategy for cardiac immunotherapy that could boost beneficial immune cells that, surprisingly, travel from the spleen to the heart and orchestrate healing after a heart attack.

WashU Medicine researchers have received a $12.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study novel genetic causes of immune disorders.