Announcements

WashU Med experts in psychiatry and emergency medicine join the podcast to discuss how the pandemic has exacerbated problems related to drugs and alcohol.

Vaccine booster doses are available at the BJC Institute of Health and the Center for Advanced Medicine.

A Red Cross blood donation site is conveniently located on the Medical Campus at One Barnes Hospital Plaza (North South Link).

The McDonnell Genome Institute (MGI) lab will retire its saliva-based COVID-19 test on June 1 so that it can return to its regular research operations.

With case numbers and positivity continuing to increase, WashU Med is reinstating masking requirements in non-clinical spaces as an added precaution, effective Monday, May 23.

Effective Friday, May 20, COVID-19 positive employees once again will be removed from work duty for seven days (instead of 10 days).

WashU Med infectious diseases specialist Steven J. Lawrence, MD, looks back and forward, detailing some of the frustrations, surprises and successes of the past two years as we begin a third year of life in a pandemic.

Eligible employees may receive the second booster dose at two convenient locations on the Medical Campus.

If a cluster of COVID-19 infections is identified in a non-clinical area where masking is not currently required but strongly encouraged, all employees in that work area or team will be required to mask until the cluster is resolved.

In response to a steady rise in case numbers, WashU Med strongly recommends masking in all indoor, non-private spaces on the Medical Campus.

Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, and Simon Haroutonian, PhD, discuss their findings that suggest COVID-19 infection raises the risk for kidney problems, heart issues, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy and psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety.

The new guidance is effective as of April 11, 2022.

Learn more about how the administration of mAb and Evusheld therapies will be impacted.

Boosters are available at the BJC Institute of Health and other locations.

Updates on antibody treatments, vaccine for children under 5.

With COVID-19 case numbers declining and restrictions loosening on the Medical Campus, the COVID-19 Update will publish on an as-needed basis going forward.

This episode of ‘Show Me the Science’ highlights a visit to Washington University by CDC director Rochelle Walensky, MD, who discussed lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Long COVID research, booster recommendations, obtaining lost booster information.

Updates to the patient visitor policy went into effect Monday, March 14.

WashU Med infectious diseases expert Steve Lawrence, MD, explains the science behind the updated masking guidance in non-clinical settings and discusses how we can safely navigate this new phase of the pandemic.