Deconstructing the Anti Vaccine Movement
You stand in your garden, talking to your next-door neighbour about her young son. Everything seems ordinary until you both stumble upon a...
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How COVID-19 Exposed all the Flaws in the United States
I currently spend my time at home in New Jersey, the state with the second largest number of cases in the United States. My close friends...
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Superheroes: Nurses Edition
Nursing (Adj.) the continual care for others who are sick, ill, injured or disabled. It all started with Florence Nightingale, who assisted...
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COVID-19 and Climate Change
“Nature is healing.”
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My Thoughts About Covid-19
I currently spend my time at home in New Jersey, the state with the second largest number of cases in the United States. My close friends...
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Hospital Mergers Are Threatening Reproductive Rights
The merging of public hospitals with those of Catholic roots continues on the Catholic mission and legacy of providing healthcare to the needy, but how does this merging affect reproductive rights?
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Fairfield U Printing Face Shields for Healthcare Providers in Connecticut
Fairfield U engineering students Lily Delmonico ’20, Drew Jobson '20, Evan Fair '22 and nursing student Caroline Smith '21 are using the...
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Why Does it Take a Global Pandemic to Appreciate Nurses?
Nowadays, you would be hard pressed to watch the news or go through social media without seeing a post thanking our healthcare workers or...
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Love Letters to Boston: Social Distancing Edition
Boston strong then, now, and always.
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Reading in Isolation: 3 Essays on How COVID-19 is Affecting Black Communities
This maybe isn't the most comforting reading, but it's necessary.
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My Experience With COVID-19 Symptoms
On April 6, 2020, I woke up at 5:30 a.m. in a sweaty panic. My heart was racing, my mind was spinning and I couldn’t breathe. I had been...
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How Coronavirus Should Politically Influence You
Amidst the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease, this is a hard time for everyone around the world. It's easy to get stressed amongst the chaos of a global pandemic and self-quarantining. But there are a few things that are especially important to pay attention to in these trying times: Politics, and how the American government is handling this crisis.
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Abortion Rights Amidst the Coronavirus Pandemic
Abortion clinics being mandated to shut down during the pandemic.
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What They Don't Teach You About The Medical Field
The medical field does not prepare you for the heartbreak that takes place when a resident passes away. Nor does it prepare you to be...
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Global Public Health Must Come Before Politics — A Look Into Taiwan's Exclusion From the WHO
When everyone is hoping the world to recover from the coronavirus outbreak, how could the Director-General of WHO bring hatred against Taiwan in the midst of a crisis?
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Interview with Julissa Mejia
Meet Julissa Mejia! A graduating senior at GCU and a nursing student who is entering the healthcare field during a monumental time in...
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Why My Dad is My Hero
What is it like having a family member in healthcare during the coronavirus pandemic?
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Why COVID-19 is the Key to Changing U.S. Healthcare
For years, there have been pushes towards strengthening the United States healthcare system. And only now have we seen that the key to this isn’t a progressive presidential candidate or even pure policy, but rather a worldwide pandemic. That’s right — COVID-19 may just be the thing that changes American healthcare
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Healthcare Capacity: Flattening the Curve
The idea is simple: slow the spread of the virus so our healthcare system does not surpass maximum capacity. But what does healthcare...
