COVID-19 Hotspots are not random: Early study highlights Social Determinants of Infection
Photo by Jérémy Stenuit on Unsplash (rights-free) Americans suffer different rates of illness and disease due to healthcare disparities, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made this worse. By: Jocelyn Spizman Healthcare disparities are the varying burdens of disease and…
Health Beyond the Blog: Author Debora MacKenzie
Debora MacKenzie is an accomplished science journalist investigating emerging infectious diseases for over 35 years. Along with writing for outlets such as New Scientist, she recently published her own book titled COVID-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and…
Health Beyond the Blog: GetUsPPE
GetUsPPE is a national grassroots organization dedicated to delivering PPE (personal protective equipment) to individuals in dire need as a response to the national PPE shortage announced in March 2020. The founders of the organization, a team of physicians who…
Health Beyond the Blog: “Mind the Gap”
"Mind the Gap" is an clinical handbook created by Zimbabwean medical student Malone Mukwende and faculty at St. George's, University of London. It is an online resource of signs and symptoms of disease in black and brown skin whose main…
Health Beyond the Blog: “Coronavirus, Explained”
“Coronavirus Explained” is a limited series produced by Vox and Vox Media studios that explores how the coronavirus pandemic has changed the world. The Netflix exclusive documentary series features three episodes over one season and examines the efforts taken to…
Health Beyond the Blog: Emory’s Covid-19 Health Disparity Dashboard
Covid-19 has had a deep impact across the country, but is impacting some communities more than others. In particular, people of color, those living in poverty, and those with other chronic conditions are at a higher risk of being hospitalized…
Quarantine Qualms: How COVID-19 Impacts Mental Health
By: Dynasti deGouville Since the coronavirus outbreak sparked late in 2019, it has infected an unprecedented percentage of the population, causing officials on every continent to federally mandate social distancing practices. For those who test positive for the virus and…
Health Beyond the Blog: Babies
Recommended by Dr. Jennifer Sarrett As we are all hunkered down in our homes, we are watching more tv. As you are looking for something to watch, we'd like to recommend the mini-series, Babies, on Netflix. The six episode series…
Health Beyond the Blog: “When I Wear My Alligator Boots: Narco-Culture in the US-Mexico Borderlands”
By: Yeeun Lee When I Wear My Alligator Boots is an ethnography written by Shaylih Muehlmann, an anthropologist. The book shows how drugs are a major global and public health issue today. Muehlmann highlights the issues that narco-trafficking along the…