Ovidio is a current senior at Emory pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He is also a Global Health Intern at the Rollins School of Public Health and an Alumni and U.S. Intern for the Global Health Corps.
By: Ovidio Vasquez Central American migration to the United States has been a recent topic of discussion that even U.S. President Donald Trump has commented on. He recently stated that he plans on cutting off financial aid to El Salvador,…
By: Ovidio Vasquez On March 16th from 9 am to 2 pm, the Pi Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated will host a health symposium addressing health concerns affecting African American and Black women in the Atlanta…
By: Ovidio Vasquez Venezuela has been in the spotlight recently because of its political and economic crisis. Although news of political turmoil, economic struggles, and extremely poor living conditions for Venezuelan citizens did not just start this year, the US…
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the drug overdose death rate among women aged 30-64 years old increased 260% from 1999-2017. In the same report, the CDC found that there were 4,314 total drug overdose deaths in 1999…
In 2000, the overall high school dropout rate in the United States was 10.9 percent. Most recently, in 2016, this dropout rate was 6.1 percent. Crisis averted, right? Not quite. Even though the statistics are headed towards an overall dropout rate…
Since October, we have seen a lot of media attention on a group of Hondurans, Salvadorans, Nicaraguans and Guatemalans as they travelled out of their native countries en route to the United States. There has been much speculation about the…
​In the United States, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sports teams don pink cleats and shoes, people participate in fundraising walks to raise money for breast cancer research, and some companies use the month to sell “pink products”. Although the…
According to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of smokers over 18 for January-September 2017 was 14.1%–the lowest it’s ever been. In recent decades, smoking cigarettes has become less popular than alternatives like electronic cigarettes, which…