2022

A nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on technology licensed from Washington University in St. Louis has been approved for emergency use in India as a booster for people who have already received two doses of other COVID-19 vaccines. The…

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) earned an overall “A” rating on FITARA 15.0 Scorecard, released today by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on Government Operations on…

President Joe Biden announced today that the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), plans to provide $2 billion in life-saving assistance to support crisis-affected people in Africa, subject to the…

Today, during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington D.C., the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) announced the Transform Health Fund for healthcare…

A large study that focused on whether exercise and mindfulness training could boost cognitive function in older adults found no such improvement following either intervention. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.…

USAID announced a new Prosper Africa partnership with ThirdWay Partners and The Nature Conservancy to protect African landscapes and bolster the tourism sector. With $2.5 million in catalytic funding from USAID, ThirdWay, and the Nature…

Today, at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a Global Development Alliance, one of the largest in USAID history, the Health Electrification and Telecommunication Alliance…

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has provided an additional $2.5 million in humanitarian assistance in response to persistent needs following unprecedented flooding in Chad. Since the…

Patients with cancer that has spread to the bone are sometimes treated with alpha particle radiation therapy that is delivered into or very close to the tumor. However, it is unknown whether the radioactive particles are distributed…

High school senior Marye’ Jones got two big surprises Monday, Dec. 12, when she walked into the library at Clyde C. Miller Career Academy in St. Louis Public Schools. There, she found her mother and two brothers holding balloons and…