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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. … Continue reading How Immigration Status Shapes Access to Healthcare Across Borders

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 … Continue reading The Age of Intelligent Care

BY ANNABEL WOODWORTH As new technologies, methods, and tools are introduced, the healthcare field continues to evolve and advance. Through research, clinical trials, and experimentation, scientists and physicians have transformed medicine from a rudimentary, intuitive practice to a highly quantitative, methodical, and standardized system. Perhaps the most significant development in medical practice of our generation, … Continue reading ChatGPT, M.D.? Evaluating Bias and the Growing Prevalence of AI in Healthcare

BY KAI ELLIS At the end of 2024, approximately 1.4 million children aged 0 to 14 were living with HIV worldwide.1 Strikingly, the vast majority of these children resided in sub-Saharan Africa, where limited access to antiretroviral therapy continues to determine life expectancy and quality of life.2 Access to essential medicines is not merely a … Continue reading Access to Essential Medicines as a Human Right: Addressing Inequities in Sub-Saharan Africa

BY SHARNA SAHA The refrigerator hums softly behind the pharmacy counter, its shelves lined with neat rows of insulin vials. The liquid inside is colorless, unremarkable — yet for millions, it is the difference between life and death. At the register, a plastic insurance card slides across the counter; the receipt that prints moments later … Continue reading Essential but Unaffordable – Why Medicines Old and New Remain Out of Reach

BY SYDNEY KIM Many people have heard the phrase, “that is so gay.” Although it is sometimes dismissed as a harmless joke, it reflects another unconscious way of perpetuating discrimination and outdated societal views from a time when being queer meant being “othered” and seen as unfavorable. During the 1970s and 1980s, the burgeoning modern … Continue reading The Ongoing Battle for LGBTQ+  Human Rights in the United States

BY ABDUR RAHMAN-OLADOJA Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, prostate cancer unfolds quietly, away from the urgency and visibility that other global health crises often command. It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in African men, yet among the least resourced. This disparity reflects not only infrastructural shortcomings but also systemic neglect—an imbalance that exposes the … Continue reading Prostate Cancer in Africa: When Silence Becomes a Death Sentence

BY PAIGE MAHONEY Born from the waters of the Ganges Delta in India, cholera has been intertwined with human history for millennia. Early Indian and Greek texts give some insight into when the disease first reared its ugly head, but it was not until the 19th century that cholera gained its reputation as a killer … Continue reading The Hidden Cost of Conflict: Cholera Amidst Humanitarian Crises

BY MYLA TOLIVER “We did not have to get here, and if we can understand the thought process and events that got us to where we are today, we can become more equipped to make change in medicine.”  - Sydney Green, 8th Year MD-PhD Student at the Yale School of Medicine                   At Yale, it is … Continue reading Rewriting Race in Medicine: How One Historian is Working to Redraft Misinterpreted Narratives of Black Women