Americans trust their doctors, but doubt the system
The People’s Report Card, released by WashU’s QuEST Center and School of Public Health, grades U.S. health care on quality, cost, confidence and leadership.
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Trump’s National Guard deployments reignite 200-year-old legal debate over state vs. federal power
WashU Law’s Andrea Katz writes about how the Bill of Rights and decades of Supreme Court decisions inform modern debates over the balance of federal power and state authority.
Health headlines can be confusing – these 3 questions can help you evaluate them
If you see a health claim that seems too good – or too bad – to be true, take a moment to mentally run the evidence through these three questions before deciding what to believe, write Amy Eyler and Kimberly Johnson.
Down with The Count
For a dose of Halloween fun, Richard Chapman, a senior lecturer in film and media studies in Arts & Sciences, writes about visiting with Francis Ford Coppola during the filming of the 1992 movie “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.”
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Researcher for a day
WashU engineer Marcus Foston regularly hosts middle school students to learn about cutting-edge science. It’s part of WashU’s immersive “Researcher for a Day” program.
Bookshelf
The United States of no states?
What would America look like if there were no state governments? Stephen H. Legomsky, the John S. Lehmann University Professor Emeritus at WashU Law, tackles that question in his new book, “Reimagining the American Union: The Case for Abolishing State Government,” published by Cambridge University Press.