Review: 'Every Brilliant Thing' sparkles

The thing about one-person shows is, you usually have to like the actor as well as the character they’re portraying. In the case of “Every Brilliant Thing,” Duncan Macmillan’s affecting, memorable new play about serious depression, that’s...

Vaccinating schoolkids cuts flu in communities

“The effect of school-based vaccination was profound, both on the students and on the community,” lead author Cuc Tran, a doctoral student in public health at the University of Florida, said in a university news release. When half of the children aged 5 to...

St. Louis couple gives $25M to Genome Institute

A St. Louis couple has gifted $25 million to the Washington University School of Medicine’s Genome Institute that will help pay for its research on cancer treatment and prevention. The institute’s director tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the donation by...