Public Health WHO Meets to Discuss Implications of Digital Technologies on Public Health With the increase of technological progression in today’s society, medicine has evolved to improve patient…Sally TrinhMarch 26, 2020
Public Health Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola Crisis Comes Back With a Vengeance Despite high hopes that the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was…Dani MaydanFebruary 10, 2019
Public Health Eliminating Trachoma Worldwide Trachoma is a bacterial infection that can cause irreversible blindness. Although it is not widely…Ilhaam BurnySeptember 8, 2018
Public Health Ebola Breaks Out in the Democratic Republic of Congo After its initial outbreak almost 40 years ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…Dani MaydanJuly 1, 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 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
Medicine Ayurveda: 3000 Years of Healing Thinking about old-time medicine can be intimidating. In the 19th century, mothers would often calm their…Niathi KonaJuly 19, 2016
Public Health The Dangers of Zika Virus On February 1st of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Zika virus…Kailyn KimApril 19, 2016
FeaturedPublic Health Universal Health Coverage: Truth or Myth? Humans, whether they are rich or poor, male or female, religious or non-religious, are born…Sabina LiFebruary 18, 2016
Public Health The Hidden Side of Private Actors in Global Health The Premed Perspective From Switzerland: Part IV In February, our public health class visited the Global…Lochan ShahNovember 24, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Cuba Ends Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission The CDC estimates that 1.2 million people in the United States live with HIV. The…Kailyn KimNovember 7, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Treating Tuberculosis: Successes, Challenges, and the DOTS Program Since the 1990s, the (TB) mortality rate has declined by 45% worldwide. One of the…Alexandra RuanNovember 4, 2015
Public Health Dementia as the New Global Health Issue Every four seconds, someone in the world is being diagnosed with dementia. When it comes…Sabina LiJuly 10, 2015
FeaturedPublic Health Counterfeit Medication Abroad In discussions about the illegal drug trade, the topic of counterfeit medications is often overlooked. However,…Maya AslamJune 25, 2015
Research 15-Minute Paper Tests Designed to Detect Disease A 15-minute paper test from the Corgenix Medical Corporation has recently been approved by the…Benjamin YangMarch 27, 2015