BY MAYEESHA ALVI I. Introduction Seventeen-year-old Ana lies awake at night, following episodes of insomnia and recurring nightmares. Panic attacks take hold of her entire body and her grades begin to slip. To her clinicians, her symptoms mirror post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To her family, she is simply a young daughter afraid of losing her … Continue reading The Cost of Living: Immigration Policy and the Psychological Price
BY JANINA GBENOBA Since the start of the current U.S. presidential administration, public health protections for many, particularly those at the greatest socioeconomic disadvantage, have been slashed or repealed entirely. These changes have manifested in a number of ways: an executive order cutting off funding for gender-affirming research and care,1 a directive from the Department … Continue reading “ACT UP! FIGHT BACK!”: The Ongoing Need for Health Activism and Community Care
BY EVAN BOWMAN On any given afternoon in Buenos Aires, you might stumble upon a protest: retirees demanding healthcare, or neighbors rallying to protect a public clinic. Collective action is not exceptional here; it is habitual. One April afternoon, I noticed that my seventy-year-old host mother, Vicky, hung a banner ten feet above her front … Continue reading How Community Public Health Workers Enact the Right to Health
BY AVA SHVARTSMAN In 2015, the United Nations pledged a responsibility for “good health and well-being” and a “partnership” through their 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to create a more equitable and sustainable world.1 To this end, many countries are attempting to share modern technology developed in their universities and laboratories beyond their … Continue reading “It’s our Healthcare:” Risks of a Medicine Monoculture
BY ESSEY AFEWERKI It is not particularly groundbreaking to say that the state of public health in the United States is in a historically precarious position. With the re-election and inauguration of Donald Trump to the office of President last January came an all-new presidential Cabinet, with new heads appointed to all major executive branches. … Continue reading The Dangers Inherent to RFK Jr. Defunding mRNA Vaccines
BY SIMRAN UTTURKAR As the impact of industrialization on environmental pollution becomes a growing issue through the years, the disparities that exist between low income and affluent communities becomes more apparent. The people left most vulnerable to this crisis have had systematically unequal access to resources, political power and opportunities, and have been historically marginalized … Continue reading Environmental Justice and Public Health in New Haven
Throughout Deaf history, a culture was silenced through institutional repression. Now, in the 21st century, the International Week of Deaf People represents a movement that celebrates and promotes language access for all. BY MICHELLE SO Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Caption: Renowned Deaf school Gallaudet University in Washington, DC.Courtesy … Continue reading Sign Language Rights are Human Rights
BY SOOAH PARK Fans of the classic chick flick Mean Girls will be familiar with the sex education scene: “Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die!”1 Though exaggerated for comedic effect, the global state of sex education is not far off. Less than one-third of adolescents from 155 countries surveyed by UNESCO … Continue reading Sex Education is a Human Right
BY LILIA POTTER-SCHWARTZ Envision a child who has contracted pneumonia and is prescribed amoxicillin. After the child finishes their treatment, the ‘antibiotic' is discovered to contain limited active amoxicillin, preventing full recovery while potentially increasing community rates of amoxicillin-resistant bacteria. Instances such as these represent a growing public health burden affecting individuals in every country: … Continue reading Counterfeit Cures and Poisoned Promises: The Growing Burden of Substandard and Falsified Medicines
BY NIRAJ SRIVASTAVA Impassioned immigration rhetoric echoes and booms across social media and national news. In the lexicon disseminated directly from the White House, immigrants are reduced to “killers, rapists, gangbangers, drug traffickers, and . . . violent criminals.”1 A swirl of outrage, protest, and demonization of immigrants has settled into the foreground of American … Continue reading A Silent Cry: Medical Negligence in ICE Detention
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