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Weekly Health Digest: States easing restrictions, Coronavirus in Prisons & Jails, Trees, and Vaccines

A summary of important health news from the past week More states are easing coronavirus restrictions this week, unnerving experts and some local officials By Madeline Holcombe and Holly Yan Multiple states have started to reopen shutdowns despite the recommendations…

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What Happens When We Get A COVID-19 Vaccine?

April 21, 2020
Vivian Tsao
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By: Vivian Tsao Now that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken hold of more than 209 countries, and has taken the lives of over 126,000 individuals, anti-vaxxers seem to have stayed awfully quiet – and hopes of a vaccine continue to…

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Weekly Health Digest: Getting Reinfected, Coronavirus Questionnaire, Update on Deep Water Horizon

A summary of important health news from the past week Recovered coronavirus patients are testing positive again. Can you get reinfected? By: Paula Hancocks, Yoonjung Seo and Julia Hollingsworth A small percentage of the population — in South Korea and…

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Could You Buy a Little Less Toilet Paper, Please?

April 15, 2020
Yeeun Lee
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By: Yeeun Lee People all around the world are panicking due to COVID-19 and this is evident simply by looking at our grocery stores. It started with people hoarding hand sanitizer. Then toilet paper. Now, it’s any food item people…

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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…

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Weekly Health Digest: Black Americans Dying, COVID-19 & Rural America, The Disaster Distress Hotline, Brain Plaques

A summary of important health news from the past week Why Misinformation And Distrust Are Making COVID-19 More Dangerous For Black America By: Jason Breslow Across the United States — Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, New York, etc. — Black people are…

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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…

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In Sickness and in Health: Serious Illness of Wives as a Risk Factor for Divorce

April 7, 2020
Adaora Ntukogu
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By: Adaora Ntukogu A few years ago, I was in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, visiting my grandparents. I could not wait to taste the local dishes and spices that my grandmother promised she’d cook for me. My first meal in Port…

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Weekly Health Digest: Coronavirus Spread, After Social Distancing?, Chronic Hives, and More

A summary of important health news from the past week Experts tell White House coronavirus can spread through talking or even just breathing By: Elizabeth Cohen While there are few studies available regarding COVID-19, "the results of available studies are consistent…

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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…

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