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…
NATAL is a podcast docuseries about having a baby in the United States while being Black. Season 1 of the podcast consists of 14 episodes, giving Black parents a spotlight to tell their stories about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care.…
Photo by Josh Calabrese on Unsplash (rights-free) During my last months of high school, I was going through a period of exploration of sorts——what I call my “documentary phase.” During that stage, the bulk of my free time was spent…
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…
For Dr. Jennifer Sarrett's Health and Human Rights course, students got in groups of 3-4 and chose an issues important to health and human rights and developed a social media campaign to bring awareness of this issue. Destination HealthEU is…
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash (rights-free) By Dynasti deGouville Psychedelics, or serotonergic hallucinogens, are powerful psychoactive substances that alter perception, mood, and a multitude of cognitive processes in the human brain. The name psychedelics for these substances was coined…
Photo by Alice Pasqual on Unsplash (rights-free) By Jocelyn Spizman With so many beverage options out on the market, it is helpful to understand the health effects of what we choose to drink. In this third section, we will explore…
Photo by CDC on Unsplash (rights-free) A summary of important health news from the past week. These Algorithms Could Bring an End to the World’s Deadliest Killer By: Apoorva Mandavilli With a quarter of all cases of Tuberculosis in India, the need for…
Should Thanksgiving be canceled? Can the holidays be remote? These are questions we should be asking ourselves as the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. The past months of lockdown and isolation have disrupted our normal patterns of life. We long to see…