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Weekly Health Digest: AY.4.2 Delta Variant, Vaccine for Kids, Water Pipes Infrastructure, Birth Control Spike in Texas

November 15, 2021
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A summary of important health news from the past week. COVID-19: How worried should we be about the AY.4.2 Delta variant? By: James Kingsland Over the past 28 days, the U.K. has recorded one of the highest absolute number of…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Your Skin Explained

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Zainab Molumo Your Skin; the mammoth of all human organs and the title of season 3, episode 8 of the Netflix + Vox docuseries, Explained. In an enthralling (at times perturbing)…

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No Kidding | Heather Krug: Understanding Dyslexia in Children

Heather Krug, Clinical Associate Professor in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Eleanor discuss dyslexia in children and useful practices to help improve speech, reading, writing, and more.

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Telling Health’s Story | Addressing Climate Change Could Prevent the Next Pandemic

In HLTH 385W: Health Writing and Narratives, created by Maryn McKenna, CSHH student Mikahla Gay writes an op-ed piece on the effect climate change can have in preventing the next pandemic.

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Traditional Medicine in The Modern World

November 9, 2021
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Photo by Katherine Hanlon on Unsplash (rights-free) A health series that illuminates the efficacy and importance of traditional medicine systems and their impacts on modern medical issues. By News Team member Traditional medicine is the foundation on which modern medical…

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Weekly Health Digest: Covid-19 Pill, Vaccine Mandate, DEA Opioid Crackdown

November 8, 2021
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A summary of important health news from the past week. Pfizer says its experimental pill reduces risk of hospitalization, death from Covid-19 By: Maggie Fox and Amanda Sealy Pfizer has created an experimental pill for preventing severe cases of Covid-19…

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Author Q&A: Olivia Campbell

Please join us on November 10th for a conversation between Human Health professor and science journalists, Maryn McKenna and author Olivia Campbell about her new book, Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changes the World of Medicine.…

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“So You Want to Be Lighter?”

November 2, 2021
Zainab Molumo
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Photo by Jeff Siepman on Unsplash (rights-free) By: Zainab Molumo I was not much older than I am now when I realized that the vast selection of cosmetics stashed behind the counters at my neighborhood international markets were not ordinary…

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Weekly Health Digest: Georgia Vaccine Mandate, Healthcare Worker Strike, Supply Chain Drug Shortages

November 1, 2021
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A summary of important health news from the past week. Georgia Schools Mandate Vaccines Even as State Sues Feds By: Associated Press A few Georgian public universities are mandating its federal employees to receive the vaccine as the state government…

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Health Beyond the Blog: Decolonizing Health Equity Research

NPR’s podcast series, Shortwave, examines the latest in health and science news, mysteries, and discoveries. In a recent installment entitled “White Scholars Can Complicate Research into Health Disparities,” hosts Maria Godoy and Usha Lee McFarling discuss threats to health equity…

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