Can You Blame School for Declining Mental Health?
While it is understood and somewhat accepted that adolescents can have a mental decline due to stress, especially from school, its...
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Jenny Sarkar
- Mar 18
People ask about COVID-19: Can technology be the way out?
As many of you have seen on the news, the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic isn’t getting any better, in fact, in the US most states are...
Alyssa Tang
- Dec 30, 2021
Botswanan Scientists Discover Omicron COVID-19 Variant
Flights canceled. Restaurants closed. This holiday season, the omicron variant converging with the delta variant added a new set of...
Aleicia Zhu
- Oct 31, 2021
The Long-Term of the COVID Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in more ways than one. From food to culture to politics, COVID-19’s reach extends far beyond...
Eugenia Calvo Prieto
- Sep 25, 2021
Implicit Biases and the Healthcare System
In social identity theory, an implicit bias (also known as an unconscious bias), refers to the thoughts, feelings, or attitudes towards a...
Alekhya Buragadda
- Sep 22, 2021
Cultured Meat
With seven billion people on the planet, large productions of food are required, therefore, people turn towards animals. As the demand...
Tanisa Goyal
- Jul 16, 2021
Can music really reduce anxiety?
Have you ever listened to “Weightless” by Marconi Union? It is “the world’s most relaxing song,” (Passman, 2017) and studies have shown...
Aleicia Zhu
- Jun 23, 2021
Low Medicaid and Medicare Reimbursements Hinder Ability to Receive Care
In the healthcare industry, it is well-known that the government programs Medicaid and Medicare offer lower reimbursements to physicians,...
Eugenia Calvo Prieto
- May 12, 2021
Tackling health inequities during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to some of the deep disparities in healthcare, some of which are being exacerbated or risk...
Chinedum Aguwa
- Apr 4, 2021
The Infodemic in the COVID-19 Pandemic
For over a year, the world has been plagued by a pandemic, when a disease spreads to numerous countries. In particular, due to COVID-19....
Eric Gu
- Mar 13, 2021
COVID-19: How does it stack up in the ring?
In March of 2020, our world stood still. The nightmare situation flooded this globalized, interconnected world. Humanity’s highest prides...
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