Public Health The Health Implications of Increased Screen Time Among Young Children Children in the United States are getting more and more mobile screen time these days,…Dani MaydanApril 22, 2018
Public Health South Sudan Halts Spread of Guinea Worms, Paves Way for Eradication Although it was just a few decades ago that Guinea-Worm-Disease (GWD) was affecting an estimated 3.5…Dani MaydanApril 19, 2018
Public Health The Rising Popularity of Park Prescriptions A growing body of public health research has found that green spaces, such as community…Ilhaam BurnyApril 18, 2018
Public Health Vaginal Mesh Scandal: Who’s Problem is it? The vaginal mesh, as the name suggests, is a mesh made of usually synthetic polymers,…Vasundhara AcharyaApril 12, 2018
Public Health What is Happening to Obamacare? News channels and reporters have been broadcasting and headlining the Trump administration's healthcare reforms, but…Vasundhara AcharyaApril 11, 2018
Public Health Overprescription of Opioids: A Study Opioid prescription and use is a highly contested subject. It is great for pain management,…Vasundhara AcharyaApril 10, 2018
Public Health Ethics in a Sci-Fi World Designer babies and human germ-line editing: is this where the future of scientific research is taking us?…Vasundhara AcharyaApril 9, 2018
Public Health Huge Hepatitis A Outbreak Continues to Spread Across Southern California Since governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in early October in response to Southern…Dani MaydanApril 8, 2018
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