As News Team member Adaora Ntukogu recently wrote about, the sexual health has changed in the COVID-19 era, including important resources being shifted away from attending to sexually transmitted infections and diseases (STIs/STDs) to assist with the pandemic. One consequence…
Photo by Hakan Nural on Unsplash (rights-free) Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been working tirelessly to engineer a vaccine that is safe and effective. In early November 2020, Pfizer released early data showing that their COVID-19…
By: Sarah Du The crowding of hospitals across the globe at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed other major epidemics to the side, exacerbating death rates across all non-COVID-19-related illnesses. Other patients became increasingly wary of whether the medical…
A summary of important health news from the past week. Nothing to sneeze at: Global warming triggers earlier pollen By: The Associated Press In a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences journal, pollen season is starting…
A summary of important health news from the past week. Johnson & Johnson brings another effective Covid-19 vaccine to the arsenal – in a single dose By: Julia Belluz and Umair Irfan Johnson & Johnson released its phase 3 clinical…
By: Gordon Chan Plant-based meat sounds like an oxymoron. By definition, meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. So, what exactly are plant-based meats made of? As their name suggests, plant-based meats are meat alternatives that use plant-based…
Photo by Maru Lombardo on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Impact of COVID-19 on Sexual Health Services and Safe Sex Practices The COVID-19 pandemic has taken over news headlines for months. As of December 21, 2020, 217 countries and…
Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Gordon Chan Covid-19 and the seasonal flu are both infectious respiratory illnesses, yet they are caused by very different viruses. Covid-19 is caused by infection with the virus Sars-CoV-2, whereas the flu…
Photo by Seth Doyle on Unsplash (rights-free) Children under the age of five are often the first to experience symptoms of an illness, a side effect of an underdeveloped immune system. In 2019, an estimated 5.2 million children under the…