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BY GRACE UDOH The United States is facing a healthcare workforce shortage projected to reach a crippling 3.2 million by the year 2026¹. These numbers are not expected to decrease anytime soon, with an average of 1.8 million job openings in various areas of the US healthcare system every year². International Medical Graduates have been … Continue reading Doctors Given Borders: The Causes and Costs of US IMG Concentration in Primary Care

BY SAM OBIOMA According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), over 430 million tons of plastic are produced every year. Via ultraviolet (UV) radiation, fragmentation, and even bacteria, plastic is broken down from everyday products into smaller fragments which, over time, have been found in our air, food, and water. Microplastics have … Continue reading Microplastics and Infertility: An Invisible Crisis

BY PAIGE MAHONEY For Europeans, the middle of the 1300s was marked by cold and death. What scientists and historians have now deemed the Little Ice Age started at the beginning of the century, bringing with it famine as crops failed due to poor growing conditions. At the same time, the plague was devastating the … Continue reading Plague and the Little Ice Age: A Harbinger of What is to Come?

BY SHARNA SAHA Concrete is everywhere—our roads, bridges, buildings, and even sewage systems depend on it. But do we ever stop to consider its true impact? The construction industry uses 30 billion metric tons of concrete annually—equivalent to six Pyramids of Giza—yet its production is one of the largest contributors to global carbon emissions. Cement, … Continue reading The Future of Construction: Living, Self-Healing Concrete

BY ESSEY AFEWERKI 57,000 acres of land in Los Angeles were razed in the span of 3 weeks from January 7th to 27th at the start of this year. The scorched earth across the Palisades and Eaton regions swallowed more land than exists in the whole of Manhattan or Washington DC 1. The immediate destruction … Continue reading The Invisible Scars of Wildfires

BY CONSTANZA BINEY What if the greatest threat to your brain wasn't genetics or aging, but rather the changing climate? Climate change has long been recognized for its impacts on physical health, heightening respiratory conditions and the spread of infectious disease. However, its effects on the brain remain an underrecognized crisis. Emerging research reveals that … Continue reading The Climate Crisis in Your Mind: How Air Pollution and Heat are Rewiring our Brains

BY NARDEEN GEBRAEEL AND ASHLEY RAFFELI Microplastics and climate change represent two environmental crises that significantly impact women’s hormonal health. These disruptions occur through multiple pathways, including endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in plastics and climate-induced physiological stressors. Exposure to these environmental hazards can contribute to hormonal imbalances, infertility, pregnancy complications, and long-term metabolic and reproductive disorders.1 … Continue reading Microplastics, Climate Change, and Women’s Hormonal Health: Unraveling the Impact of Climate Change on Women’s Health

BY YASMIN MOHAMMED The new year began with the outbreak of some of the deadliest fires in California's history. What started as a small blaze quickly spread across nearly 40,000 acres of southern California's dry terrain, destroying thousands of structures, claiming lives, and displacing entire communities [8]. Strong winds and prolonged drought conditions, followed by … Continue reading The Invisible Health Crisis

BY MICHELLE CHEON Rising global temperatures and their contribution to prolonged droughts have led to an increase in both the frequency and intensity of wildfires. This escalation has profound consequences on air quality, exposing millions of individuals to hazardous smoke. Among the most vulnerable populations to decreasing air quality are pregnant individuals, for whom wildfire … Continue reading The Impact of Wildfire Smoke on Pregnancy Outcomes