In 2021, the World Health Organization approved the first-ever malaria vaccine: RTS,S/AS01, an invention that revolutionized malaria elimination efforts and…
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About PEPFAR and Recent Changes Made by the Current Administration
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR for short, is a US-funded global health initiative that has been…
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Title: 5 Memoirs, Essay Collections, and Poems Bringing Mental Health to Light
While You Were Out is a memoir by Meg Kissinger, who grew up in a family of 8 children, raised…
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About the Nipah Virus and the Role of Bamboo Barriers as a Defense
The Nipah virus (NiV) is a zoonotic virus carried by fruit bats, a species of bat native to East Africa,…
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Richmond, CA: The City with Double California’s Asthma Prevalence
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition that causes the airways of a person’s lungs to swell and fill with mucus.…
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Environmental Legal Dramas: Dark Waters and Erin Brockovich
Dark Waters and Erin Brockovich are two environmental legal dramas based on true stories. Dark Waters is a 2019 film…
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Food Deserts in America
Food deserts are geographical regions where access to affordable and healthy food is low or nonexistent. The defining characteristic of…
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Evidence-Based vs. Community-Defined Interventions for Addressing Health Inequities
The goal of public health interventions is to improve the health and well-being of populations. Creating effective interventions is a…
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Clinical Trial Participation
Clinical trials are an integral part of the drug development and approval process. In order for a pharmaceutical company to…
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The Unequal Burden of Air Pollution
Air pollution is defined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as “the presence of contaminants or pollutants in the air…
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