Liz Kirkaldie’s grandson was near the top of his class in high school and a talented jazz bassist when he started smoking pot. The more serious he got about music, the more serious he got about pot. And the more serious he got about pot, the more paranoid, even psychotic,…

The St. Louis Business Journal has recognized Anthony T. Dao, MD, an instructor in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, with a Business of Pride Award. The honor celebrates “LGBTQIA+ leaders and allies who are successful in their careers, active in their…

Thanks for your question. Many people have questions about how their body changes during puberty. For people born with male genitals (a penis and testicles) most people start going through puberty between age 9 to 13 years old. During puberty, the body goes through many changes, including: Increase in the…

CNN’s Brian Stelter marks the two-year anniversary of the pandemic on his “Reliable Sources” podcast in conversation with KHN Editor-in-Chief Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal and James Hamblin, a former staff writer at The Atlantic. The journalists discuss how society grappled with the trauma of the covid-19 pandemic and the governmental missteps…

The Biden administration will now allow people enrolled in Medicare or Medicare Advantage to get over-the-counter COVID-19 tests for free. Previously, only those with private health insurance, and in some cases Medicaid, were able to get the at-home tests covered by their insurers. Under the new initiative, which is set…

Geoffrey Uy, MD, a professor of medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named co-chair of the Leukemia Committee of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. He was selected after an international search by the alliance, which promotes collaboration between scientists and clinicians in…