Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis hosted presidential or vice presidential debates in 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2016.

Washington University officials recently sought to clarify that it would continue some services after a former caseworker claimed that the pediatric center would close.

In one of four cases between a provider of gender-affirming care and the Missouri Attorney General, a judge has ruled that Missouri’s consumer protection law does not authorize Andrew Bailey’s sweeping demands for unredacted records.

Artist Kahlil Robert Irving is a Missouri native with two solo exhibitions in museums right now. His exhibition at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park grapples with how tools and technology challenge perceptions of what we see and how we understand information.

Because of new laws in Missouri, Washington University Transgender Center said it had to stop offering some treatments because of “unacceptable level of liability.” It's part of a strategy by states to strip away access to gender-affirming care.

Missouri Attorney General Bailey cited Missouri’s consumer protection law to demand access to all electronic health records from patients at Washington University's Transgender Center. A new lawsuit argues Bailey does not have that legal authority, and that patient records are protected under HIPAA.

In her new book “Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It,” sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield at Washington University in St. Louis lays out actionable items employers and colleagues can take to truly support Black employees.

After Missouri's new ban took effect on Aug. 28, MU Health stopped providing gender-affirming care for minors, citing “significant legal liability." Washington University in St. Louis also ceased care for transgender youth, even those who were still eligible under the law.

Officials on Monday announced Washington University's Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital would no longer offer puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones or surgeries to minors — even those who are exempted from Missouri's new ban.

Health insurers and medical providers are at odds over who's responsible for the supply of expensive infusion drugs to treat lupus and cancer.

The University of Missouri system has already announced it will discontinue programs that use race or ethnicity as a factor in admissions or scholarships.

Hospitals don’t include mental health patients in federal standardized surveys of adults after they’re discharged. Washington University professor Morgan Shields and her colleagues teamed up with mental health advocates to fight for hospitals to survey those who receive behavioral health care.