Category: Health News

STEPHEN JOSEPH – Headlines and Twitter feeds have run rampant over the past several days, sensationalizing the extent of the coronavirus and promoting irrational fear among the public. While the

ARCHIE PATEL – Stem cell research and therapy has become a very hopeful and advanced, albeit controversial, scientific research topic in recent years. Stem cells are unspecialized cells of the

ISABELLE RIDDLE – On lazy afternoons, my roommates and I indulge ourselves in marathon watch-parties of My 600-Pound Life on TLC. Recently, this pastime led to a heated debate among

COURTENEY MALIN – Since the mid-1900s, increasing access to digital technology has allowed scientists to conduct research at a rapid pace. The first reproducibility crisis began in psychology in the

BY SANIA QAZI – Undocumented immigrant communities in the United States are a constant fixture in our political discourse. There are approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the

BY ISHAN VAISH – On November 22nd, the CDC reported an outbreak of E. Coli in romaine lettuce coming from Salinas, California. With over forty people already infected, the outbreak

ISABELLE RIDDLE – On lazy afternoons, my roommates and I indulge ourselves in marathon watch-parties of My 600-Pound Life on TLC. Recently, this pastime led to a heated debate among

BY COURTENEY MALIN – Seemingly, parasites are isolated to their hosts, only infecting and inconveniencing the organism to which they belong. However, parasites could influence their hosts beyond physical changes

BY SRIJA SOMAKA – The most vulnerable population in our country is also the most overlooked; children’s access to healthcare is on the decline. Pediatrics – the branch of medicine