‘How the Black Death made life better’
Arts & Sciences’ Christine Johnson, a historian of the Middle Ages, finds parallels between the post-pandemic labor shortages of today and the temporary shift in power to workers after the Black Death reduced Europe’s medieval population by a third. Then and now, she writes, the ruling classes seek a return to the previous status quo.
COVID variant first gained foothold in rural Missouri
William Powderly, MD, director of the Institute for Public Health and the J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine
The Only Way We’ll Know When We Need COVID-19 Boosters
Ali Ellebedy, associate professor of pathology and immunology
Drugmakers Broaden Pitch for Covid Therapy as Case Rate Slows
Alfred Kim, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine
Olympic Trials This Weekend Could Provide Economic Kickstart For St. Louis
Patrick Rishe, director, Sports Business Program, and professor of practice in sports business
Scholar explores the maps in our brains
Rebecca Schwarzlose, a postdoctoral researcher in psychiatry at the School of Medicine, is the author of a book about brain organization titled “Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain — and How They Guide You.”
For Americans struggling with poverty, ‘the safety net in the United States is very, very weak,’ expert says
Mark Rank, the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare
New Drug Could Cost the Government as Much as It Spends on NASA
Rachel Sachs, associate professor of law
Dual-antibody drugs effective against COVID-19 variants in animal study
Jacco Boon, associate professor of medicine
The gamification of sports is very real
Patrick Rishe, director, Sports Business Program, and professor of practice in sports business
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