Oct 14, 2022 | Author Shouri Dharanipragada, Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases, Public Health Policy
As the world recovers from the daunting COVID-19 epidemic, one city has seen a severe influx in cases. Shanghai, China has been hit with a wave of COVID cases during the past couple of months. As cases have risen, rules were enforced upon citizens, and a heavy...
May 27, 2022 | Author Sydney Tyler, Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics & Gynecology
The purpose of this literature review is to explain the functions of the rhesus factor and its negative effects on people. It will focus on pregnancies and HDFN, which is a disease caused by the Rh factor. Different treatments for HDFN and trials will be discussed and...
Jan 15, 2022 | Author Graham Robbins, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Public Health Policy
The Medical Journalism Club recently published the following editorial in the Hyde Park Herald, Pg. 5. ...
Dec 21, 2021 | Author Hala Atassi, Biomedical Ethics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Public Health Policy
On December 1, 2021, The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and legal scholars are warning the public about the possibility of the Justices leaving abortion laws in the hands of individual states....
Nov 25, 2021 | Author Jake Roggin, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Public Health Policy
In the United States healthcare system, patients of minority identities (e.g., People of Color) face health disparities due to systemic stereotypes, biases, and policies reinforced by institutions. However, these institutional disparities are anything but new:...
Apr 4, 2021 | Author Shouri Dharanipragada, Public Health Policy
During the Covid-19 pandemic, it is even more essential for patients to have access to affordable and convenient healthcare in America. A national health reform movement would create this meaningful and necessary benefit for all Americans. Healthcare is both an...
Mar 18, 2021 | Author Sydney Tyler, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Psychiatry
Birth control is a prescription pill that women can take daily to help prevent pregnancy. Birth control regulates the menstrual cycle and generally reduces premenstrual symptoms such as cramps, headaches, mood swings, food cravings, fatigue, acne, etc. A common issue...
Mar 18, 2021 | Author Graham Robbins, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Photo: A hydrocephalus patient at the CURE Children’s Hospital of Uganda, Photo Credit: https://cure.org/2021/01/conditions-we-treat-hydrocephalus/ ...
Mar 18, 2021 | Author Asher Levinson, Neurology and Neurosurgery
Content Warning: Mentions of Self-Harm ...
Nov 23, 2020 | Author Graham Robbins, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases
Leaving at least 20 million Americans unemployed and over 260,000 dead in America alone (as of November 27, 2020), the Covid-19 pandemic has been cruel to humanity. The virus has relentlessly attacked all communities, but African Americans have been hit the hardest by...
Nov 23, 2020 | Author Katie Bai, Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases, Public Health Policy
The Covid-19 pandemic is sweeping through America, hurting the economy in more ways than imaginable. The viral outbreak causes uncertainty in markets, leading to significant drops in stock prices everywhere. For example, the 11-year bull market has finally come to an...
Nov 23, 2020 | Author Hala Atassi, Public Health Policy
Access to healthcare is one of the remarkable indicators that defines the quality of people’s lives. Despite the thousands of advanced technologies and countless healthcare clinics and hospitals, many people still cannot afford healthcare or health insurance....
Nov 23, 2020 | Author Anokha Nathan, Hematology & Oncology
November is Marrow Awareness Month in the United States, and now and all year round, communities unite to celebrate the incredible achievements of transplant physicians and researchers, along with stem cell (non-specialized cells) and bone marrow donors. These...
Nov 23, 2020 | Author Audrey Matei, Biomedical Ethics, Obstetrics & Gynecology
The Covid-19 pandemic is instilling lockdowns and quarantines in the United States, so as non-essential businesses temporarily close for public safety, the question of “what is necessary” is being raised. Caught in this debate are abortion clinics, many of which are...
Nov 20, 2020 | Author Jake Roggin, Cardiology, Pulmonology
In late 2019, an outbreak of Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes the Covid-19 disease, struck Wuhan, China, ultimately spreading across the globe causing a pandemic. Covid-19 is a strain of coronavirus that targets humans’ respiratory systems, which leads to mild,...
Nov 20, 2020 | Author Graham Robbins, Epidemiology & Infectious Diseases, Psychiatry
In the late fall of 2019, Covid-19 spread from Wuhan, China, and almost a year later, 9 million patients in the United States alone have been infected with the virus, over 230,00 of whom have died (“Coronavirus Resource Center,” 2020). Severe Acute Respiratory...
