The Record

Studying hot spots of antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria most often are associated with hospitals and other health-care settings. But a new School of Medicine study indicates that chicken coops and sewage-treatment plants also are hot spots.

WashU Expert: Google’s ban on payday loan ads laudable

Google’s decision last week to ban payday loan ads should be commended, but it also highlights lower-income consumers’ need for affordable short-term loan options, said Michal Grinstein-Weiss, a Brown School expert on economic development.

Obituary: Marvin Levin, professor emeritus of clinical medicine, 91

Marvin E. Levin, MD, a renowned endocrinologist and teacher for many years at the School of Medicine, died of complications from pneumonia April 30 in St. Louis. He was 91.