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Rural residents who have a stroke are less likely to receive advanced treatment options and about 20% more likely to die at the hospital compared to urban patients, according to research from Washington University.

Rural Stroke Patients Less Likely To Survive, Wash U Study Finds

Shahla Farzan

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Stroke patients in rural hospitals fare far worse than urban patients, according to new research from Washington University.Based on the records of nearly…

Philip Mudd picks up a cooler of medical samples at Washington University's School of Medicine. Mudd and his colleague Jane O'Halloran created a centralized bank of samples collected from COVID-19 patients in St. Louis.

Health, Science, Environment

'Just A Bit Of Saliva': COVID-19 Specimen Bank Propels Coronavirus Research In St. Louis

Shahla Farzan

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Researchers at Washington University are collecting samples from hundreds of people who have had COVID-19 — including blood, saliva and urine.As…

Ecologist Leticia Classen-Rodriguez, who studies wolf spiders at St. Louis University, stands at the closed gates of the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center in Ladue on June 6, 2020.

Health, Science, Environment

'I Feel Like I’m Not Doing Anything': Scientists Find Research Difficult During Pandemic

Eli Chen

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Before the coronavirus pandemic, Leticia Classen-Rodriguez planned on spending spring and summer searching for wolf spiders along a winding tree-covered…

health officials are expecting the peak on/around April 25. But another, potentially worse, peak could come if businesses/etc try to go back to normal before wide-spread testing becomes available.

Health, Science, Environment

As St. Louis COVID-19 Cases Hit Likely Peak, Hospitals Avoid Rationing Care

Emily Woodbury

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In mid-April, the incident commander of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, Dr. Alex Garza, predicted that hospitalizations of COVID-19 cases…

Two students walk down the long stairwell in front of Brookings Administration Building at Washington University in St. Louis. (photo taken March 19, 2020)

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Wash U To Furlough About 1,300 Employees, Many At Medical Campus, Amid Pandemic

Ryan Delaney

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Updated at 5:45 p.m. with comments from the chief health care officer of the Association of American Medical CollegesWashington University’s health care…

The new coronavirus has been detected in dozens of countries, including the United States. It gets its name from its protruding spikes, which resemble a crown.

Health, Science, Environment

Wash U To Test Malaria Drugs On Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

Eli Chen

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Doctors at the Washington University School of Medicine will treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients with antimalarial drugs to see if they can fight the…

Anthony Brooks, third-year medical student at Washington University, calls a patient to tell them they have tested negative for COVID-19. Though most are not able to care directly for coronavirus patients, many med students are helping in other ways.

Health, Science, Environment

St. Louis Med Students Launch COVID-19 Volunteer Effort

Shahla Farzan

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Cyrus Ghaznavi is supposed to be studying for his final exams — but like other students, he’s having trouble focusing in the midst of a global…

CareSTL Health's COVID-19 testing site in north St. Louis will reopen on April 27.

Health, Science, Environment

St. Louis Infectious Disease Doctor Urges Expanded Coronavirus Testing

Eli Chen

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Hospitals and doctors in the St. Louis area have been preparing for several weeks for a case of the new coronavirus disease to arrive in Missouri. That…

The keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet that includes meat, dairy, eggs and low-carb vegetables.

Health, Science, Environment

What The Science Says About Following A Keto Diet

Emily Woodbury

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A few weeks ago on St. Louis on the Air, we learned about a brand-new medical device that allows users to measure nutritional ketosis with a breathalyzer.…

Philip Bayly, a mechanical engineer at Washington University, holds a model of a human brain on January 1, 2020. Bayly is part of a team of engineers and doctors working to better understand brain injuries.

Health, Science, Environment

These St. Louis Scientists Are Shaking Human Brains To Study Head Trauma

Shahla Farzan

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Philip Bayly has spent years trying to figure out the best way to jiggle a brain. The mechanical engineer is part of a team of researchers at Washington…