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Weekly Health Digest: New CDC Guidelines, 3D Anatomy Model, Covid Booster Effectiveness, Under-5 Covid Shots, Death Doulas
A summary of important health news from the past week. C.D.C. Proposes New Guidelines for Treating Pain, Including Opioid Use By Jan Hoffman, New York Times The CDC's new guidelines on prescribing opioids for pain treatments replaces its old 2016…
Traditional Medicine in the Modern World: Ayurveda
Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash (rights-free) By India Stevenson Editor's Note: The is part of a series on Traditional Medicine in the Modern World. To read the introductory post, please go here. Ayurveda is a traditional medicinal system that…
Weekly Health Digest: EaseVRx, Flu Season, Person “Naturally” Cured of HIV, Omicron, Harris Invests in Healthcare
A summary of important health news from the past week. FDA Approves a New Virtual Reality Device to Help Ease Chronic Pain By: Elizabeth Pratt The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a breakthrough device that could improve the daily lives…
Weekly Health Digest: AY.4.2 Delta Variant, Vaccine for Kids, Water Pipes Infrastructure, Birth Control Spike in Texas
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…
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)…
“So You Want to Be Lighter?”
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…
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…
Weekly Health Digest: Boosters, COVID-19 Treatment Approval, Critical Blood Shortage, Moderna Vaccine in Children
A summary of important health news from the past week. CDC Signs Off on Moderna, J&J Boosters, Backs Mix n' Match Shots By: Robin Foster This week, the CDC approved Covid-19 booster shots from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. Now,…