COVID-19: Resources and Information

Home-monitoring program for COVID-19 is effective, bridges digital divide (1/26/2022)

Isolation masks now recommended (1/21/2022)

Podcast: Hospitalized patients with COVID reach record levels   (1/13/2022)

Study examines risk factors for severe health problems in kids with COVID-19 (1/12/2022)

Omicron May Be Less Severe. It’s Still A Big Healthcare Problem (1/7/2022)

Omicron could have a silver lining by boosting immunity, some experts say. But don’t bet on it. (1/7/2022)

ICU teams report fatigue and frustration as they brace for omicron surge (12/31/2021)

What makes an mRNA vaccine so effective against severe COVID-19? (12/23/2021)

The vaccines work against severe disease. Here’s why boosters are still a good idea (12/22/2021)

Podcast: Facing another pandemic holiday season (12/20/21)

Podcast: Omicron has arrived (12/9/2021)

How to Socialize Safely in the Booster Era (12/6/2021)

How COVID-19 harms the heart (12/3/2021)

Which mask is easier on the ears? (12/2/2021)

Social media and well-being during COVID-19 (11/22/2021)

COVID-19 vaccine elicits weak antibody response in people taking immunosuppressant (11/19/2021)

Podcast: What’s up with boosters? (11/18/2021)

Living with COVID-19 (11/11/2021)

Antidepressant may prevent severe COVID-19, follow-up study indicates (11/9/2021)

Podcast: Vaccines approved for younger kids (11/3/2021)

COVID-19 boosters: An update with experts Lawrence and LeBlanc (11/2/2021)

Living with COVID-19 (10/27/2021)

Bridging the COVID-19 funding gap (10/27/2021)

Podcast: Remaining resilient while the pandemic drags on (10/21/2021)

Environmental injustice and the spread of COVID-19 (10/19/2021)

Antiviral compound blocks SARS-CoV-2 from entering cells (10/11/2021)

Pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trial underway (10/6/2021)

Podcast: Boosters? Vaccines for kids? Where do we stand heading toward winter? (9/30/2021)

Podcast: Shutdowns in COVID-19’s early days helped St. Louis area avoid thousands of deaths (9/17/2021)

COVID-19 long-haulers at risk of developing kidney damage, disease (9/1/2021)

COVID-19 transmission at school rare for children with disabilities (9/1/2021)

Early COVID-19 shutdowns helped St. Louis area avoid thousands of deaths (9/1/2021)

COVID-19 long-haulers at risk of developing kidney damage, disease (9/1/2021)  

Podcast: Vaccines and COVID-19 infection generate protective antibodies, even against delta (8/31/2021)

COVID-19 vaccine elicits antibodies in 90% taking immunosuppressants (8/30/2021)

Antibody protects against broad range of COVID-19 virus variants (8/20/2021)

Cannabis use disorder: another COVID risk factor (8/17/2021)

Antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination effective against delta variant (8/17/2021)

Requiem of Light event looks to heal St. Louis’ spirit from COVID stress (8/16/2021)

Metro East Doctors Vent Their Frustration As COVID Surges, Hospital Beds Fill (8/13/2021)

Podcast: New threats from highly contagious delta variant (8/3/2021)

COVID-19 Exposure Notifications system launches for university community (7/29/2021)

Podcast: Pregnant women, new moms and vaccines (7/20/2021)

Scientists say COVID-19 booster shots aren’t needed yet—here’s why (7/16/2021)

Covid-19 immune response could be long lasting, but variants present risks (7/16/2021)

US COVID-19 cases rising again, doubling over three weeks (7/14/2021)

mRNA Vaccines May Pack More Persistent Punch Against COVID-19 Than Thought (7/13/2021)

Pandemic increased screen time, decreased physical activity in children (7/9/2021)

COVID-19 vaccine generates immune structures critical for lasting immunity (6/28/2021)

Podcast: Vaccinating kids against COVID-19 likely to enhance school safety (6/24/2021)

Virus that causes COVID-19 can find alternate route to infect cells (6/24/2021)

COVID-19 dual-antibody therapies effective against variants in animal study (6/21/2021)

Blood cancer patients with COVID-19 fare better with convalescent plasma (6/17/2021)

School-based COVID-19 testing initiative focuses on vulnerable populations (6/15/2021)

WashU Expert: Without requiring vaccines, filled stadiums are unsafe (6/1/2021)

WHO accepts COVID-19 reform recommendations from Harris Institute (5/24/2021)

Researchers keep international COVID-19 projects moving forward (5/26/2021)

Learning How To Smell Again After COVID-19 (5/26/2021)

For men, low testosterone means high risk of severe COVID-19 (5/25/2021)

Good news: Mild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection (5/24/2021)

WashU FAQs on Research and New COVID Public Health Guidance (5/21/2021)

Podcast: What to make of CDC’s new masking guidelines (5/19/2021)

Can’t smell or taste after COVID-19? ‘Olfactory training’ could help (5/13/2021)

Kreuter receives $1.9 million in grants to increase vaccinations in St. Louis (5/13/2021)

How To Get Rid Of Brain Fog Caused By The COVID-19 Pandemic (5/11/2021)

U.S. workers say burnout has gotten worse during pandemic (5/10/2021)

Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness (4/22/2021)

Podcast: A year later, scientists recall efforts to jump-start research into mysterious new coronavirus (4/21/2021)

Washington University researchers to design detectors of airborne SARS-CoV-2 (4/16/2021)

Communicating about COVID-19 (4/9/2021)

Public health after COVID-19 (4/9/2021)

Modeling the pandemic (4/9/2021)

Finding our way (4/9/2021)

For breastfeeding moms, COVID-19 vaccinations may also protect babies (4/6/2021)

Virus Variants Can Elude Antibodies, Suggesting Need For COVID Vaccine Booster Shots (4/1/2021)

Each of 3 COVID-19 vaccines provides effective protection against serious illness (3/31/2021)

Count to five … all you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine (3/29/2021)

Podcast: One year into the pandemic, vaccines are making life better, but it’s not over yet (3/24/2021)

Study: COVID-19 death risk higher for people with severe MS disability (3/19/2021)

COVID-19 transmission rare in schools with masking, distancing, contact tracing (3/19/2021)

WashU Experts: One pandemic year later, what’s next? (3/11/2021)

A year of COVID-19 (3/10/2021)

COVID Survivors Hope Experimental Therapy Will Help Them Learn To Smell Again (3/10/2021)

Finding a possible early treatment for COVID-19 in a 40-year-old antidepressant (3/7/2021)

Clinical trial in children to investigate rare inflammatory disorder linked to COVID-19 (3/4/2021)

New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants (3/4/2021)

WashU Med study links COVID-19 to high blood pressure problems in early pregnancy (3/2/2021)

Brown School working with St. Louis city on virus containment (3/1/2021)

COVID-19 can kill heart muscle cells, interfere with contraction (3/1/2021)

Plans underway for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trials (2/18/2021)

Podcast: Avoiding burnout and tending to mental health as the pandemic runs into a second year (2/16/2021)

Antibody-based COVID-19 treatments work best in concert with immune cells (2/16/2021)

PRC Awarded Grant to Help St. Louisans at High Risk for COVID-19 (2/8/2021)

Millions of COVID-19 survivors have lost senses of smell and taste. Researchers don’t know if they’ll come back (1/31/2021)

Back to normal after COVID-19 vaccine? Not so fast (1/28/2021)

Risk analysis helps contend with uncertainty of in-person activities (1/28/2021)

Podcast: Improving health messaging in fight to slow COVID-19 (1/27/2021)

COVID-19 Vaccine: Facts vs. Myths (1/27/2021)

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic (1/27/2021)

COVID Vaccine 101: How it Works (1/21/2021)

GI tract may be vulnerable to COVID-19 infection (1/20/2021)

COVID-19 impact on pregnant women focus of NIH grant (1/15/2021)

Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease (1/15/2021)

Studies will evaluate COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among health-care personnel (1/14/2021)

Doctors test popular anti-depressant to see if it fights off Covid-19 (1/11/2021)

Fauci gives COVID-19 update to School of Medicine faculty, staff, students (1/7/2021)

Fauci to discuss COVID-19 during online med school event Jan. 7 (1/4/2021)

How the pandemic is shaping our 2021 resolutions — and what experts want you to keep in mind (12/29/2021)

Where Year Two of the Pandemic Will Take Us (12/29/2020)

Podcast: Vaccines have arrived but COVID-19 treatments progressing much more slowly (12/29/2020)

Answering Your Patients’ Questions About the COVID-19 Vaccine (12/22/2020)

Researchers to work with parents, teachers on COVID-19 testing communications (12/21/2020)

Historic, hopeful moment arrives as COVID-19 vaccinations begin on Medical Campus (12/17/2020)

COVID-19 patients at higher risk of death, health problems than those with flu (12/15/2020)

Podcast: COVID-19 vaccines around the corner (12/9/2020)

COVID-19, losing one’s sense of smell and regaining it (12/1/2020)

COVID-19 cases could nearly double before Biden takes office (11/23/2020)

Young people with disabilities focus of COVID-19 testing grant (11/19/2020)

Podcast: Preparing for winter and the holidays under the shadow of COVID-19 (11/17/2020)

Study: Respiratory failure in COVID-19 usually not driven by cytokine storm (11/13/2020)

Fluvoxamine may prevent serious illness in COVID-19 patients (11/12/2020)

Pollution and pandemics: A dangerous mix (11/12/2020)

Masks don’t just save lives, they also boost economy (11/9/2020)

Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus (11/3/2020)

Washington University begins recruiting participants for phase 3 COVID-19 investigational vaccine clinical trial (10/30/2020)

Safe Holiday Travel (WashU) (10/30/2020)

Podcast: Preventing COVID-19 among unhoused people (10/22/2020)

Immune modulator drugs for COVID-19 focus of major NIH clinical trial (10/16/2020)

Podcast: The making of a fast, accurate saliva test for COVID-19 (10/1/2020)

Podcast: COVID-19, social media and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (9/16/2020)

Neurological Complications of COVID-19 (9/4/2020)

COVID-19 disproportionately affects developmentally disabled (8/28/2020)

Novel clinical trial launched to test multiple therapeutics to treat COVID-19 (8/27/2020)

Identifying emerging diseases focus of new international collaboration (8/27/2020)

Washington University develops COVID-19 saliva test (8/26/2020)

Podcast: Where does life in the U.S. stand six months into the pandemic? (8/25/2020)

Nasal vaccine against COVID-19 prevents infection in mice (8/21/2020)

Two Washington U. doctors lead national effort to study new COVID-19 treatment (8/12/2020)

Clinical trial focuses on reducing overactive immune response in COVID-19 (8/11/2020)

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine prevents severe disease in mice (8/11/2020)

Washington University, St. Louis County collaborate on COVID-19 survey (8/10/2020)

Patti Lab awarded NIH grant for COVID-19 research (8/6/2020)

Podcast: Can boosting the immune system, rather than suppressing it, work against COVID-19? (8/6/2020)

Boosting immune system a potential treatment strategy for COVID-19 (8/4/2020)

Brown School launches pandemic preparedness and response initiative (7/31/220)

A COVID-19 vaccine, amazingly, is close. Why am I so worried? (7/31/2020)

Podcast: Folding@home enlists computers to ID COVID-19 treatment targets (7/28/2020)

COVID-19 vaccine trials planned at WashU, SLU (7/21/2020)

Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus (7/20/2020)

Dr. Jessi Gold: Mask Anxiety (7/14/2020)

St. Louis researchers continue to search for a COVID-19 vaccine (7/14/2020)

Podcast: Wildlife surveillance may help identify the next pandemic (7/13/2020)

Wash U Researchers Develop More Comfortable Saliva-Based Coronavirus Test (7/9/2020)

McDonnell Academy supports COVID-19-related global research (7/9/2020)

WashU Expert: Researchers focused on understanding virus transmission by aerosols (7/8/2020)

Study to examine social media’s effects on stress during COVID-19 pandemic (7/6/2020)

How To Safeguard Mental Health As Pandemic Becomes ‘A Really Long Haul’ (7/6/2020)

Effort to screen potential COVID-19 antiviral drugs underway (7/1/2020)

Folding@home’s fight against COVID-19 enlists big tech, gamers, pro soccer (6/25/2020)

On the front lines: Intensive care physician Patrick Aguilar (6/23/2020)

COVID-19 antibody tests evaluated as diagnostic test in low-resource settings (6/18/2020)

Podcast: How do we safely navigate re-openings while coronavirus risks remain? (6/12/2020)

Patients with COVID-19 donate specimens to advance research efforts (6/11/2020)

Study: Researchers forecast stable, slightly declining levels of COVID-19 entering fall (6/10/2020)

Researchers forecast stable, slightly declining levels of COVID-19 entering fall (6/10/2020)

COVID-19 mouse model will speed search for drugs, vaccines (6/10/2020)

Medical students assist health departments in tracking COVID-19 (6/4/2020)

Suppression of COVID-19 spread is possible, suggests new model (6/2/2020)

4 Ways to Help if Your Kid Is Depressed (6/2/2020)

On the front lines: Jessica Gold: Psychiatrist discusses mental health during COVID-19 pandemic (5/28/2020)

Caution urged in interpreting COVID-19 antibody tests (5/26/2020)

Experts urge caution in interpreting COVID-19 antibody tests (5/26/2020)

On the front lines: Jay Piccirillo: Otolaryngologist discusses COVID-19-related loss of smell, taste (5/21/2020)

COVID-19 study looks at genetics of healthy people who develop severe illness (5/20/2020)

Global study to test malaria drug to protect health workers from COVID-19 (5/18/2020)

Could COVID-19 Finally Destigmatize Mental Illness? (5/14/2020)

Wash U doctor explains new COVID-19 complication in children (5/11/2020)

Infectious diseases specialist describes how COVID-19 plasma therapy works (5/8/2020)

Model predicts economic, public health repercussions of lifting quarantine before COVID-19 vaccine (5/8/2020)

4 ways to take care of your mental health during the coronavirus pandemic (5/6/2020)

COVID-19 in-home monitoring program launched (5/5/2020)

On the front lines in fight against COVID-19 (4/30/2020)

The pandemic’s impact on older adults (4/28/2020)

Emergency Operations Center responds to COVID-19 (4/28/2020)

University launches “Ask the WashU Doctors” video series (4/27/2020)

Laurie Punch held Facebook live event with the public–Stop the Virus (4/25/2020)

University offers housing for front-line health workers, first responders (4/24/2020)

What a sugar cube can teach us as we develop a coronavirus vaccine (4/23/2020)

Maker Task Force works to protect front-line health-care workers (4/23/2020)

Aerosol researchers at McKelvey School of Engineering tackle novel coronavirus (04/23/2020)

St. Louisans Are Gardening To Manage Stress, Find Purpose Amid Coronavirus Isolation (4/21/2020)

Social Distancing Is Working, But St. Louis Health Officials Warn Against Letting Up (4/20/2020)

Federal funding for rapid COVID-19 test goes to McKelvey Engineering researchers (4/20/2020)

Wash U. doctor discusses how Metro Area can move forward during pandemic (4/19/2020)

Wash U doctor answers your coronavirus questions (4/19/2020)

Our children and COVID-19 (4/17/2020)

COVID-19 survivors needed to donate blood plasma (4/16/2020)

Eric Lenze talks with KMOX Health Editor about the Coronavirus (4/14/2020)

Podcast: Clinical trials launch to evaluate antimalarial, antidepressant drugs to treat COVID-19 (4/13/2020)

Study to evaluate antidepressant as potential COVID-19 treatment (4/13/2020)

Local COVID-19 patient gets experimental treatment based on century-old idea (4/11/2020)

Clinical trial launches to evaluate antimalarial drugs for COVID-19 treatment (4/9/2020)

McKelvey Engineering staff creating face shields for health care workers (4/6/2020)

Medical Campus students mobilize to help health-care workers, community (4/3/2020)

Loss of smell and taste can be only signs of coronavirus (3/31/2020)

Doctor warns of a ‘brief window of opportunity that is rapidly closing’ to slow COVID-19 in Missouri (3/31/2020)

First cell treatment to fight the coronavirus awaits FDA approval for clinical trial (3/31/2020)

Coronavirus Vaccine in 18 Months? Experts Urge Reality Check (3/31/2020)

WashU Experts: Coronavirus fact vs. fiction (3/30/2020)

It’s Time to Get Serious About End-of-Life Care for High-Risk Coronavirus Patients (3/30/2020)

A Personal Perspective on COVID-19 (3/29/2020)

Overcoming COVID-19 in Guatemala (3/29/2020)

COVID-19: International Student Perspective (3/29/2020)

WashU Expert: Older Americans are not expendable (3/27/2020)

Podcast launches with infectious diseases expert (3/26/2020)

WashU Expert: Grieving in the time of a pandemic (3/26/2020)

Coping during coronavirus (3/24/2020)

FDA will allow doctors to treat critically ill coronavirus patients with blood from survivors (3/24/2020)

Possible COVID-19 treatment: transfusion of antibodies from recovered patients’ blood (3/23/2020)

Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus (3/19/2020)