St. Anthony Food Pantry, in the basement of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church at 3130 Meramec Street, has been serving south St. Louis since 1991. Last year, the pantry served roughly 9,000 families. COVID-19 safety guidelines closed several food pantries in the spring, yet St. Anthony Food Pantry remained open. The pantry removed its […]
Findings indicate anti-inflammatory drugs likely to benefit only a fraction of people with severe disease
A look at how Washington University came together in the spring and summer to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak — and to prepare for a fall semester that is anything but back to normal.
In a preliminary study of COVID-19 patients with mild-to-moderate disease who were attempting to recover in their homes, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the drug fluvoxamine seems to prevent some of the most serious complications of the illness and make hospitalization and the need for supplemental oxygen […]
New findings from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest the eye’s cornea can resist infection from the novel coronavirus. Although the herpes simplex virus can infect the cornea and spread to other parts of the body in patients with compromised immune systems, and Zika virus has been found in tears […]
Rachel Presti, MD, PHD is the director of Washington University’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit and principal investigator for WashU’s COVID-19 vaccine trials. Sharon Frey, MD, is clinical director for SLU’s Center for Vaccine Development and principal investigator for SLU’s vaccine trials. Presti and Frey are coordinating so the two institutions can lead different vaccine […]
Growing up in the 1980s in North Saint Louis—an area with high rates of crime and poverty—Antajuan A. never imagined he would one day farm this area and that it would become a tool in a fight for social justice. New Roots Antajuan works part-time delivering plants to office spaces; this allows him to be at […]
Lindsay to serve as co-chair for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Rare Diseases, one of five multi-stakeholder advisory panels.
Phase 3 trial involves hospitalized patients with moderate to severe disease