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Author: Arshpreet Sandhu With COVID-19 having impacted the health and the day-to-day lives of people across the world, the importance of informing the population with accurate information is key to making informed decisions and helping protect each other. The potential implications of following…

Dorothy Roberts, a social justice advocate and law scholar, discusses key issues with race-based medicine and how using race as a proxy can do more harm than good in patients' outcomes. For more information, click here. 

Kwame Owusu-Kesse, Chief Executive Officer of the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) explains the necessity to address local health issues through a social and economic lens. Furthermore, he describes the comprehensive crisis response to COVID-19 by the HCZ. For more information, click here. 

Author: Samira Mosalla Contributor: Jessica Ly History of the Disease Alzheimer’s disease has been recognized for over a century now, and affected 5.6 million Americans over the age of 65 in 20191. It is also ranked the sixth leading cause of death in America2. Alzheimer’s disease is an…

Despite Governor Brian Kemp’s order that bars local governments from implementing their own public health policies, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she is going to sign an executive order requiring the wearing of face masks in public. The state of Georgia has surpassed 100,000 confirmed…

In a new report by the United Nations, there are warns that diseases such as COVID-19 that are transmitted from animals to humans are likely to emerge as habitats are destroyed by climate change, wildlife exploitation, and unsustainable farming practices. Other zoonotic diseases to be concerned…

As reported by the FBI, Americans set a new record in June of almost 4 million background checks to purchase or possess firearms. It is expected that this year will be the highest number of background checks ever recorded. For more information, click here.

At least 162 people have been killed and 54 people injured by a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar. After a massive pile of mine waste collapsed into a lake, a resulting wave of mud and water buried workers. The death toll makes this disaster the worst known in jade mining history. For…

Today, antibiotics are the best bet we have for helping COVID-19 patients who have developed secondary bacterial infections. Doctors are concerned with the dangers of antibiotic resistance, a major health crisis worldwide. For more information, click here.  

After the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against the state’s “Safer at Home” orders, eager citizens headed out to their local bars. The ruling lead to several policies enacted in counties and cities set by local officials. For more information, click here.

A rare inflammatory disease in children and teens has experienced an increase in incidence mainly in New York, but also across the U.S. and Europe. This disease, named Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome, is believed to be linked to COVID-19. For more information, click here.

With many Taliban loyalists crammed into prisons and the  circulating videos of prisoners with COVID-19-like symptoms, the Taliban has become increasingly angered by the Afghan government. The issue has become more complicated with the deal made with the U.S., involving cease-fires and prisoner…

Over the past few decades, more than 300,000 lives were lost in South Africa due to the government’s spread of misinformation surrounding the lifesaving antiretrovirals to treat HIV. With this devastating loss, health officials are taking serious action with the fight against COVID-19. For more…

While other Nordic countries such as Finland have imposed strict restrictions to limit the spread of the Coronavirus, Sweden has yet to enact strict stay at home orders, leading to a sharp increase in cases. For more information, click here.