Public Health Is Social Media Ruining our Health? In a world where the internet is a quintessential communication tool, it is no surprise…Vasundhara AcharyaMarch 24, 2018
Public Health Health Insurance Obstacles for Mexican Migrants Both migrants and immigrants from Mexico, regardless of immigration status, face many barriers to healthcare…Nicole BarcegaMarch 20, 2018
Public Health America’s Private Water Wells About 15 percent of Americans, or 45 million people, obtain their drinking water from private wells.…Ilhaam BurnyMarch 19, 2018
Public Health Pharmacists Can Prescribe Birth Control Too! Over the past few years, several states, including Oregon, California, Washington, and New Jersey, have…Nicole BarcegaMarch 17, 2018
Public Health Diphtheria Outbreak in Yemen begins to die down After experiencing a massive Cholera outbreak that has infected almost 1 million people since summer, Yemen…Dani MaydanMarch 14, 2018
Public Health Hospitals Address Malnutrition and Food Insecurity Food insecurity affects many factors that contribute to the status of someone’s health, and people…Nicole BarcegaMarch 7, 2018
Public Health Is Climate Change Affecting Our Health? Although we commonly associate climate change with environmental issues, the repercussions may extend to human…Vasundhara AcharyaFebruary 12, 2018
Public Health Cap-and-Trade: Bad For Your Health? In 2006, California's Air Resources Board released a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gases that…Ilhaam BurnyJanuary 28, 2018
Public Health Mass Incarceration: A Public Health Issue The United States holds five percent of the world’s population but houses almost 22 percent…Ilhaam BurnyJanuary 27, 2018
Public Health Children’s Health Insurance Remains At Risk Federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired on September 30th, and there…Nicole BarcegaJanuary 5, 2018
Public Health Who Watches the Body Market? Body brokers, also known as non-transplant tissue banks, serve as middle men between donors and…Nicole BarcegaJanuary 4, 2018
Public Health Yemen Starts Making a Comeback From The “Worst Cholera Outbreak in the World” Yemen's devastating Cholera outbreak has infected almost one million people and killed over 2,000 since July,…Dani MaydanJanuary 3, 2018
Public Health “Activity Inequality” Discovered to be a Large Public Health Risk for Obesity Although the word “smartphone” usually conjures up the image of a bratty teenager glued to…Dani MaydanJanuary 2, 2018
Public Health How Should We Be Washing Our Hands? What is the best way to wash our hands? Some claim that antimicrobial soap is the way…Vasundhara AcharyaDecember 31, 2017
Public Health Pesticide Exposure in Farmworking Communities California’s Salinas Valley has been dubbed the “salad bowl” of the nation because of its…Ilhaam BurnyDecember 22, 2017
Public Health Loneliness As Likely to Cause Premature Death As Obesity Feeling lonely? You're not alone and you should take the chronic feeling seriously. Recent research performed…Amy LydenDecember 15, 2017
Public Health FDA Approval of 23andMe Leads Way For Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Risk Tests A little saliva can go a long way in providing information about your genetic disease risk.…Amy LydenDecember 14, 2017
Public Health Addressing the Opioid Crisis as a National Emergency The opioid crisis was recently declared a national emergency by President Donald Trump, following a…Nicole BarcegaOctober 28, 2017
Public Health Health Savings Accounts: Paying for Healthcare Yourself For years, healthcare costs have been a hot topic in the United States. As an…Nicole BarcegaSeptember 26, 2017
Public Health Donate Life: One Person Saves 58 Lives Each April marks the celebration of National Donate Life Month, an initiative established in 2003…Angeline NguyenSeptember 18, 2017