Public Health Daylight Saving Time Affects Your Body’s Circadian Rhythms With the arrival of the spring comes the "spring forward" daylight saving time observed around…Anderson NguyenMarch 24, 2015
Public Health Rural and Urban Suicide, Public Health Issues When you hear the words "public health issue" you might first consider things like the Listeria outbreak…Kailyn KimMarch 24, 2015
Public Health Thrown Away Phones and Electronics Can Come Back to Haunt Us As technology advances, we tend to find ourselves frequently buying and accumulating more and more…Nicole BarcegaMarch 23, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Eradicating Measles Globally by 2020? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemiologist Dr. Rebecca Martin cautions that the global…Anderson NguyenMarch 10, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health “You Have One Year to Live”: Predicting Survival I work in pediatric oncology. In layman's terms, childhood cancer. While my job involves pipetting at…Kailyn KimMarch 9, 2015
Public Health California Smog 411: What it’s Made of and Why it’s Deadly We've all heard that pollution is bad, but just how bad is it? In California,…Lochan ShahMarch 8, 2015
Public Health Private Actors in Global Health: A Switzerland Perspective Premed Perspective From Switzerland: Part II Last month, our public health class visited the Global Fund…Lochan ShahMarch 1, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health High Fever, Red Rash: Measles Outbreak Like a lot of diseases, it starts with a fever, a runny nose, and a…Kailyn KimFebruary 22, 2015
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