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Newly approved drug may slow progression of Alzheimer's

Can psychedelic drugs help treat mental illness?

Advocating for science and truth

Making connections through storytelling

Maternal mortality rates are spiking. How can the trend be reversed?

International effort aims to help those at risk for serious psychiatric illness

Recognizing, caring for dementia patients in the emergency department

Brain-related issues can linger after patients recover from COVID-19

Treating the whole patient all at once

Updated boosters and progress toward a nasal vaccine

What if it's not COVID-19?

New COVID-19 variants causing re-infections

Giving stroke patients a hand

Long COVID-19 a lasting battle for many

Pandemic fuels use of alcohol, opioids

As 'Show Me the Science' turns 2, we look back at 2 years of a pandemic

Long COVID can affect every organ system in the body

Adjusting the nation's COVID-19 response

Can we communicate more effectively about vaccines?

Fighting burnout in health care

Highly contagious omicron is a roller coaster

Why the omicron wave is different

Hospitalized patients with COVID reach record levels

Another pandemic holiday season

Omicron has arrived

What's up with boosters?

Vaccines approved for younger kids

Remaining resilient while the pandemic drags on

Boosters? Vaccines for kids? Where do we stand heading toward winter?

Shutdowns in COVID-19's early days helped St. Louis area avoid thousands of deaths

Vaccines and COVID-19 infection generate protective antibodies, even against Delta

New threats from highly contagious delta variant

Pregnant women, new moms and vaccines

Vaccinating kids against COVID-19 likely to enhance school safety

What to make of CDC's new masking guidelines

Pandemic contributing to uptick of mental health problems in kids

A year later, scientists recall their efforts to jumpstart research into the mysterious new coronavirus

After a year of COVID-19, vaccines making life better but it's not over

Loss of smell, heart problems common symptoms for long-haulers

Avoiding burnout and tending to mental health as the pandemic runs into a second year

Improving health messaging in fight to slow COVID-19

Vaccines have arrived but COVID-19 treatments progressing much more slowly

COVID-19 vaccines around the corner

Preparing for winter and the holidays under the shadow of COVID-19

Preventing COVID-19 among unhoused people

The making of a fast, accurate saliva test for COVID-19

COVID-19, social media and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Where does life in the U.S. stand six months into the pandemic?

Can boosting the immune system, rather than suppressing it, work against COVID-19?

Folding@home enlists computers to ID COVID-19 treatment targets

Wildlife surveillance may help identify the next pandemic

Racism as a public health issue

How do we safely navigate re-openings while coronavirus risks remain?

Addressing rumors, conspiracy theories related to coronavirus

Global study tests chloroquine to protect health workers from COVID-19

Preserving mental and physical health during stay-at-home orders

Clinical trials launch to evaluate antimalarial, antidepressant drugs to treat COVID-19

Can plasma from COVID-19 survivors help others battle the disease?

Infectious diseases expert on the current state of the novel coronavirus