BY LILIA POTTER-SCHWARTZ Introduction: Widespread impacts of climate change on infectious disease A 2009 Lancet Commissions report declared climate change as the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, estimated to affect the wellbeing of billions of people worldwide.1 Since the Industrial Revolution, climate change has caused significant shifts in the social and environmental … Continue reading The Proximity of People & Pathogens: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change on Infectious Disease
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Pandemics: The Space Between History & Novelty
BY MOREEN NG When the emergence of a novel SARS-Cov-2 viral strain was first reported in January 2020, the virus had already spread to four countries. Two months later, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared Covid-19 a global pandemic and global public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on March 11, 2020.1 Acknowledgment of … Continue reading Pandemics: The Space Between History & Novelty
Incidental Findings from Low-Value Screening and Resulting Cascades of Care in the United States
BY FRANK HORRIGAN Introduction Before undergoing surgery for a painful hernia, Mr. X, prompted by his medical history, underwent a preoperative chest CT scan – an imaging practice of uncertain value. That scan revealed a small nodule on his left lung, prompting a delay in surgery to follow up on the potential cancer. His follow-up … Continue reading Incidental Findings from Low-Value Screening and Resulting Cascades of Care in the United States
Possession Pioneered American Gynecology
BY BERNADETTE NWOKEJI When Serena Williams delivered her first child in 2017, she almost died due to her concerns not being taken seriously by the team of medical professionals assigned to her.1 This alarming childbirth story rose to national news because of William’s status as a high-achieving athlete, but the story resonated with a specific … Continue reading Possession Pioneered American Gynecology
Uighur Cultural and Ethnic Genocide in 2021: Understanding Humanitarian Crises Through the Lens of a Continuing Pandemic
BY SHERRY CHEN What happens when a humanitarian crisis overlaps with a global pandemic? Uighurs living in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) are met face-to-face with this issue on a daily basis. The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) was an American counterterrorism effort, initiated by President George W. Bush in response to the September … Continue reading Uighur Cultural and Ethnic Genocide in 2021: Understanding Humanitarian Crises Through the Lens of a Continuing Pandemic
The Doctor with a Gavel: Keeping the Gates to the Constitutional Right to Health in Brazil
BY MURILO DORION João da Silva is a 61-year-old Brazilian man with a severe hernia that causes constant pain and nausea. He was diagnosed in March but, because of the pandemic, the local government relocated his doctor to a field hospital, pushed non-emergent surgeries, and left João waiting for his urgent procedure at least up … Continue reading The Doctor with a Gavel: Keeping the Gates to the Constitutional Right to Health in Brazil
The Rise of an Unlikely Public Health Ally: Brazilian Drug Cartels
BY SOPHIA DE OLIVERA As I peered outside the window of a bus shuttling me to my grandmother’s house from the Rio International Airport, I found myself exceedingly curious about the towering multicolored slums decorating the outskirts of the Brazilian city. These vast stretches of impoverished housing, known as Favelas, were unlike anything I’d ever … Continue reading The Rise of an Unlikely Public Health Ally: Brazilian Drug Cartels
Why is Our Genome Data So White? A Discussion on the Lack of Representation in Genome-Wide Association Studies
BY ANN-MARIE ABUNYEWA The public health research consensus is that predominantly social and economic factors contribute to the health disparities observed in the United States. The determinants that contribute the least to health disparities are biology and genetics, which is understandable, as all humans share roughly 99.9% of DNA, and modern access to quality healthcare … Continue reading Why is Our Genome Data So White? A Discussion on the Lack of Representation in Genome-Wide Association Studies
COVID-19 and Mental Health: Sleep, Anxiety, and Suicide
BY MIKA YOKOTA Introduction The Spring Festival on January 25, 2020 has become an unexpected and unforgettable memory for the people of China. On December 31, 2019, Wuhan Municipal Health Commission authorities reported multiple pneumonia cases of unknown etiology in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A series of events that followed disallowed the country to celebrate the … Continue reading COVID-19 and Mental Health: Sleep, Anxiety, and Suicide
Mass Incarceration & COVID-19
BY AMMA OTCHERE Faced with the looming coronavirus threat, governments around the globe have employed a number of strategies to curb the spread of COVID-19. As prisons have emerged as a hotbed for coronavirus, one of the strategies has included attempts to reduce prison populations through methods such as early release and reduced admissions.1 By … Continue reading Mass Incarceration & COVID-19
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