Public Health Stop Sipping Soda! Berkeley’s New Soda Tax The eccentric city of Berkeley has just passed the United States' first tax on sugary…Zachary CalvoFebruary 16, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Study Finds that Hospital Consolidations are Leading to Higher Patient Costs In an effort to coordinate patient care and make healthcare delivery more effective, a growing…Lochan ShahFebruary 15, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Protecting the Herd: Herd Immunity Somebody recently told me about "chicken pox parties," which used to happen after a kid…Kailyn KimFebruary 13, 2015
Public Health Sex Ed – An Op-Ed on Why it’s Necessary Abstinence. That was the extent of the sexual and reproductive health education I received in…Sneha SinghFebruary 9, 2015
Public Health Holiday Treats Just Got Personal: Listeriosis On December 19, 2014, the CDC issued an official statement mandating the recall of caramel…Christy KimFebruary 4, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Twitter Aids in the Prediction of Flu Outbreaks I know what you're thinking; this is another article relating to the flu. "Isn't the…Saline LayJanuary 30, 2015
Public Health Public Health: USA vs. Switzerland Premed Perspective From Switzerland: Part III Bonjour de Genève! There are obviously quite a few differences…Lochan ShahJanuary 29, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Ferguson: How High Levels of Stress Affect Your Monkey Brain What does it mean for a person to live in a state of perpetual fear?…Christy KimJanuary 27, 2015
Public Health Priorities in Public Health With the snowballing of hysteria in 2014-- as with the Ebola scare--it is sometimes easy…Christy KimJanuary 26, 2015
Public Health Pesticides Linked to Increased Autism Risk Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide most used in Fresno, Tulare, and Kern counties in California, has recently…Christy KimJanuary 18, 2015
Public Health Living Longer My mother often tells me that my generation will live to the ripe age of…Kailyn KimJanuary 18, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Studying Abroad as a Premed: FAQ Premed Perspective From Switzerland: Part II So you're a premed (or a biology major) and…Lochan ShahJanuary 17, 2015
Public Health Virus Research Allowed to Resume Remember the White House's moratorium on virus research? If you don't, that's okay, that's what we're here…Kailyn KimJanuary 15, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health TSP vs. TBSP: It’s Dangerous When taking your medicines, do you know the difference between teaspoons (tsp) and tablespoons (tbsp)?…Lochan ShahJanuary 11, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Linking Neighborhoods with Diabetes Risk While the idea that neighborhood disparities can have an effect on health is not a novel observation,…Kailyn KimJanuary 3, 2015
Public Health No Reported Ebola Cases in U.S., But It’s Not Over Yet It seems that Ebola has become more of an afterthought in the United States as…Kailyn KimJanuary 2, 2015