Migrating for a Miracle: The Geographic Divide in Rare Cancer Treatments
BY MATEO RAMÍREZ-VALENTINI Medical Migration in Rare Pediatric Cancers In 2021, an eight-year-old girl named Delfi Bollo traveled from Córdoba, Argentina to Houston, Texas, seeking a treatment that her country could not offer her. Her family raised more than $350,000 through crowdfunding and an Instagram account—@todos.por.delfi.cba, “all for Delfi”—built entirely by her parents. It still…
Emigration on Eating: A review of climbing obesity trends amongst Mexican Immigrants
BY MYLA TOLIVER In recent decades, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity in the U.S.: men’s rates rose from 11.7% in 1991 to 39.2% in 2021, and women’s from 12.2% to 41.3%1 2. This health crisis is expected to worsen, with a projected 50% of Americans expected to be obese…
The Global Price of Progress: The Geography of Robotic Surgery
BY EVAN BOWMAN As surgical robots take over more of the operating room, surgeons feel their hands slipping further from the patient, and the trade-offs—costly machines, unequal access, and shifting skills—cut closer to the bone. A patient lies asleep in the center of an operating room. Blue drapes cover their body, leaving only an opening…
The United Nations’ History of Violating the Human Rights they Claim to Defend
BY KIERSTIN GEHRES When Dr. Rosana Edward entered a hospital in Haiti in 2010, she was met with a harrowing sight: patients lay across the floor, reaching out to her and grasping at her feet as they begged, “Help me. Please, help me.”1 This tragedy unfolded after the United Nations (UN) introduced a deadly, highly…
How Immigration Status Shapes Access to Healthcare Across Borders
BY SOPHIE NGUYEN Despite contributing significantly to public health systems, undocumented immigrants across the U.S. and Europe are systematically excluded from essential healthcare, revealing that immigration status is a core structural barrier to health equity. [Sourced from Canva Pro] Healthcare is recognized globally as a fundamental human right, yet access to it remains unevenly distributed.…
The Age of Intelligent Care
BY CRISTINA GARCIA A clinician in a crowded ward turns away from the laptop. An AI scribe listens to the conversation between a physician and patient, drafts the notes of the checkup, and files orders for review. Clinicians are able to, as a result, give their undivided attention to the patient and not be distracted…
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