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01/15/21

COVID-19 impact on pregnant women focus of NIH grant
12/15/20

COVID-19 patients at higher risk of death, health problems than those with flu
11/19/20

Young people with disabilities focus of COVID-19 testing grant
11/13/20

Study: Respiratory failure in COVID-19 usually not driven by cytokine storm
11/12/20

Fluvoxamine may prevent serious illness in COVID-19 patients
11/03/20

Cornea appears to resist infection from novel coronavirus
10/30/20

Washington University begins recruiting participants for phase 3 COVID-19 investigational vaccine clinical trial
09/22/20

Cancer centers to address pandemic’s impact on cancer prevention, treatment
09/03/20

Global trial to test whether MMR vaccine protects front-line health-care workers against COVID-19
08/28/20

COVID-19 disproportionately affects developmentally disabled
08/27/20

Identifying emerging diseases focus of new international collaboration
08/26/20

Washington University develops COVID-19 saliva test
08/21/20

Nasal vaccine against COVID-19 prevents infection in mice
08/11/20

Clinical trial focuses on reducing overactive immune response in COVID-19
08/11/20

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine prevents severe disease in mice
08/10/20

Washington University, St. Louis County collaborate on COVID-19 survey
08/04/20

Boosting immune system a potential treatment strategy for COVID-19
07/21/20

COVID-19 vaccine trials to be conducted at Washington University, Saint Louis University
07/20/20

Lab-made virus mimics COVID-19 virus
07/09/20

Global wildlife surveillance could provide early warning for next pandemic
07/06/20

Study to examine social media’s effects on stress during COVID-19 pandemic
07/01/20

Effort to screen potential COVID-19 antiviral drugs underway
06/25/20

Folding@home’s fight against COVID-19 enlists big tech, gamers, pro soccer
06/25/20

Neidorffs commit $5 million to honor distinguished clinicians
06/18/20

COVID-19 antibody tests evaluated as diagnostic test in low-resource settings
06/11/20

Patients with COVID-19 donate specimens to advance research efforts
06/10/20

COVID-19 mouse model will speed search for drugs, vaccines
05/29/20

#FitForTheFrontLine challenge supports front-line health-care workers
05/26/20

Experts urge caution in interpreting COVID-19 antibody tests
05/20/20

COVID-19 study looks at genetics of healthy people who develop severe illness