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WashU Expert: Navigating political discussions at holiday gatherings (Links to an external site)
Public health Faculty Scholar and political scientist Taylor Carlson offers ways to have open, respectful conversations during holidays with guests with opposing viewpoints!
Missouri to keep kids enrolled in Medicaid for 12 months starting next year (Links to an external site)
Co-Director of the Center for Advancing Health Services , Policy & Economics Research Timothy McBride, PhD, discusses the benefits of keeping kids enrolled in Medicaid for a year at a time rather than requiring reapplication.
Universities pushed to address mental health concerns on campus after student suicides (Links to an external site)
As universities are being pushed to address mental health and particularly, student suicides, Asst. Professor and Public Health Faculty Scholar, Jessi Gold, MD offers suggested strategies.
My Child Had a Child. But Don’t Call Me Grandma! (Links to an external site)
In this article in the WSJ, Friedman Center for Aging Director, Nancy Morrow Howell says women may struggle with being called “Grandma”. What do you want to be called at this stage of life?
Illinois health officials fail to help Cahokia Heights residents as sewage floods their homes (Links to an external site)
Sewage in Cahokia Heights is still making people sick. Asst. Professor in Arts & Sciences, Theresa Gildner, a public health Faculty Scholar has been studying the problem since 2022.
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