Editor’s Note: This summer, Exploring Health will feature posts from students within the Health 1,2,3,4 program’s Health 497 course — Community Health Education Strategies. This piece is an introduction to student blog posts about their experiences participating in the course.…
Photo by little plant on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Zainab Molumo In the weeks leading up to his inauguration, then President-elect Biden announced what at the time seemed like an ambitious goal: to deliver 100 million vaccines during his first 100…
A summary of important health news from the past week. FDA approves higher dose naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray product to combat opioid overdose By: Emily Henderson The FDA announced the approval of a higher dose of the naloxone nasal spray…
Photo by Food Photographer | Jennifer Pallian on Unsplash (rights-free) Things are stressful right now. We are almost a year and a half into a global pandemic that continues to devastate communities. Meanwhile, summer is approaching and folks are left…
Photo by Kayla Speid on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Dynasti deGouville With COVID-19 restrictions being lifted all over the country, mask mandates will soon be a thing of the past. As of April 10th, five states have lifted all mask mandates at…
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Including pregnant women in research is very risky. Pregnant women are especially vulnerable, so their participation in clinical trials could result in pregnancy complications that could harm the unborn…
A summary of important health news from the past week. The Shadow Orphan Crisis of COVID-19 An article recently published in JAMA Pediatrics estimates that more than 40,000 children in the United States have lost a parent to Covid-19. That…
Today, we recommend a documentary about the opioid epidemic that focuses on the producers of these drugs. FRONTLINE showcases a 53-minute documentary on Insys, a pharmaceutical company that pushed consumers to use their opioid painkiller drug by bribing physicians and…
By: Sarah Du Ted Flores was in his early twenties when he was first introduced to opioids following a car crash. For six years, he battled a constant cycle of withdrawals from taking more than what his physician prescribed, often…
A summary of important health news from the past week. Less Than 1% of Vaccinated People Have Developed COVID-19 By: Gillian Mahoney According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 127 million people in the United…