In the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, it might be easy to forget about other public health crises we face. The opioid epidemic doesn’t rely on physical contact to infect people and isn’t spread through the air; however, it is an illness that has infected many people...
New guidelines by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) are implementing a waiver to the state’s nurse-to-patient ratio law. This means that hospital administrators can claim to the CDPH that they are unable to properly staff the hospitals, and therefore...
Dr. Susan Moore, 52 years old, tested positive for COVID-19 in late November and went to a hospital in Indiana. Her symptoms included a high respiratory rate, high heart rate, high fever and coughing up blood. Despite suffering a tremendous amount of pain, she had to...
Argentinian women won a monumental victory on December 30, 2020, making their country the 4th and largest in Latin America to give women a legal right to choose an abortion. For thirty-five years, women have fought for the right to a legal abortion in Argentina, but...
In late December, the Justice Department found “insufficient evidence to support federal charges” against the two Cleveland police officers who shot and killed 12- year-old Tamir Rice in 2014. In November of that year, Tamir was by himself in his local park, playing...
