In early March, just as the pandemic was gaining steam in the St. Louis region, Jane O’Halloran, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine, and Philip Mudd, MD, PhD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, met to discuss the possibility of creating a COVID-19 specimen bank. Two and a half weeks later, they began collecting their […]
Drs. Laura Marks, a clinical fellow in infectious diseases and Mike Durkin, assistant professor of medicine, conduct study that shows oral antibiotics work, shorten hospital stay for IV drug users with infections
Philip Mudd, MD, PhD, above, an assistant professor of emergency medicine, and his colleague, Jane O’Halloran, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, infectious diseases specialist, have led efforts to create a repository for storing and managing specimens collected from patients with COVID-19. To date, more than 7,000 samples, including blood, urine and saliva specimens, have […]
Washington University medical students organized and led a powerful event that brought together students, residents, faculty and staff in solidarity with those who stand against systemic racism. The White Coats for Black Lives event outside the Barnes-Jewish Hospital complex was held in conjunction with other hospitals across the area and country. A large group from […]
Bill Powderly, MD, J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine & Co-director, Infectious Diseases Division, answers questions about COVID-19 investigational drugs in clinical trials, hosted by Emily Brasel, director of communications for BJC HealthCare. The video is part of “5 Questions with…,” an ongoing series in which leaders answer viewer questions about important Medical Campus topics.
Although remdesivir has been hailed as a game changer by some, a clinical trial conducted in Wuhan, China, did not find any statistically meaningful difference in recovery for COVID-19 patients getting remdesivir infusions compared with patients receiving a placebo, and a large clinical trial twice changed the measure by which it judged the drug’s success […]
Spanish-speaking students, faculty partner with community leaders to offer education aimed at preventing virus’ spread As stay-at-home orders to stem the spread of COVID-19 were announced in March, Austin Ibele, a first-year student at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, investigated whether information about the coronavirus existed in Spanish to alert the area’s […]
Infectious diseases specialist Jeffrey Henderson, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine and of molecular microbiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, explains plasma therapy and how it is being used in patients with COVID-19. Learn more about Henderson’s work and how COVID-19 survivors can donate plasma. This video is part of a series of short videos focusing […]
School of Medicine, BJC HealthCare program involves daily check-ins aimed at reducing hospitalizations People with COVID-19 who are seen by Washington University physicians or BJC Medical Group providers, but not sick enough to be hospitalized, can be enrolled in an in-home health monitoring program. With daily check-ins for each patient via smartphone app or phone […]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington University physicians respond to news and other media outlets to educate the public. On a daily basis, they answer questions submitted to the “Ask the WashU Doctors” series. With the CDC’s recent recommendation to wear cloth face coverings, many people are doing their part to slow the spread of COVID-19. […]
A panel of U.S. physicians, statisticians, and other experts has developed treatment guidelines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These guidelines, intended for healthcare providers, are based on published and preliminary data and the clinical expertise of the panelists, many of whom are frontline clinicians caring for patients during the rapidly evolving pandemic. The guidelines are […]
Hilary Babcock, infectious disease physician at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Rachael Snyders, BJC Center for Clinical Excellence infection prevention manager, answer questions about personal protective equipment in this 6-minute video hosted by Emily Brasel, director of communications for BJC HealthCare. The video is part of “5 Questions with…,” an ongoing series in which leaders […]
Local COVID-19 patient gets experimental treatment based on century-old idea. Washington University physicians are testing a treatment for COVID-19 that brings back a therapy used during the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic. The treatment involves transfusing antibodies from the plasma of recovered COVID-19 patients into patients battling COVID-19 infection. On Saturday, as reported by KSDK, doctors […]
Drug fluvoxamine may help prevent life-threatening ‘cytokine storm’ Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are launching a clinical trial in patients who have tested positive for COVID-19 but who are not sick enough to be hospitalized. The trial is investigating whether the antidepressant medication fluvoxamine, which is currently used to treat […]
Cigna/Express Scripts provided the drugs; open to COVID-19 patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis is launching a clinical trial for patients hospitalized with COVID-19 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The trial will investigate the effectiveness of different combinations of the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin in treating […]
A new episode of our podcast “Show Me the Science” has been posted. At present, we are highlighting research and patient care on the Washington University Medical Campus as our scientists and clinicians confront COVID-19.
Steven J. Lawrence, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Clinical Sciences, Office of Medical Student Education, has played an important role in communicating information about the COVID-19 pandemic to the St. Louis community. He has responded to countless requests for interviews by radio and television outlets. Below is a […]
University creates COVID-19 research governance structure Basic and clinical research relevant to COVID-19 are essential activities at Washington University. Conducting this research in the midst of a health-care system responding to a global pandemic poses a number of challenges, which the university is actively working to surmount. Even as we respect the enormous pressures facing […]
Century-old idea applied to modern pandemic With no drugs or vaccines yet approved for COVID-19 and the number of U.S. cases increasing by the thousands every day, doctors are looking to revive a century-old therapy for infectious diseases: transfusing antibodies from the blood of recovered patients into people who are seriously ill.
Dr. Jennie H. Kwon, (ID fellow 2016) Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease in the Department of Medicine, Associate Medical Director for Infection Prevention, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Associate Hospital Epidemiologist, will become the Leader for all COVID-19 related issues for WUSM Student and Occupational Health. Dr. Kwon will work closely with Dr. Hilary Babcock, Professor of Infectious […]