Public Health asks the question: what can we do about the health of a population as a whole? Every piece that makes up the world has affected public health in some way, whether it is the sanitation plants that keep our water free from possible diseases or the traffic on freeways, or even how the socioeconomic barriers impact our stress levels and mental health.
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The Climate Change Conundrum
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Bikram Yoga: Find Your Center in the Heat
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Post-exposure Prophylaxis: Can Early HIV/AIDS Infections be Prevented?
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What Does Food Safety Involve?
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The Antibiotic Epidemic
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Houseflies: Why You Really Don’t Want Them in Your House
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The Importance of Mandating Paid Maternity Leave in the United States
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The Consumption of Sugar and its Effect on Cancer
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Living Near the Freeway
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Radiation: Not the End of the World
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Are Genetically Modified Organisms Good for You?
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The Zika Virus for the Curious Mind
[posts archive]
Demystifying the Food Label
By Valerie Nguyen
The Possible Dangers of Microplastics
By Henry Lin
Impact of Mobile Clinics
By Sowmya Kolluru
Household Pollution
By Sowmya Kolluru
DNA Profiling and Forensics
By Katie Traversino
Uninvited Dinner Guests: Parasites
By Hannah Segal
Grave Robbing and Underprivileged Groups
By Katie Traversino
Medicine from Afar
By Sowmya Kolluru
Underlying Effects of Vaping
By Mehr Bawa
Reducing Risk of Cervical Cancer
By Shea Dockan
Tattoo Technology: Cancer Detection Within the Skin
By Hannah Segal
How the Body Heals Itself
By Daria Sysoeva
Overview of Birth Control for Women
By Elizabeth Montoya
Henrietta Lacks and the Evolution of Bioethics
By Katie Traversino
Activism Fatigue: The Mind is a Powerful Resource For Change
By Elizabeth Montoya
Redlining’s Legacy: Food Deserts, Insecurity, and Health
By Tonya Mukherjee
Origin of Clinical Experimentation Overview
By Katie Traversino
Mitigating and Unresolved Crisis
By Manal Usmani
Radiate Positivity: Radiation Therapy as Cancer Treatment
By Natalie Tran
Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
By Henry Lin
A History of Coronavirus Infections
By Shea Dockan
Global Ambient Air Pollution
By Haarika Gogineni
Why Do Toilets Have Lids?
By Henry Lin
White Coat Syndrome: Empowering Patients
By Elizabeth Montoya
Take a Breath: Airplane Filtration Systems
By Hannah Segal
Cracking the Code on Food Poisoning
By Mildred Monsivais
Straighten Up: The Effects of Poor Posture
By Hannah Segal
Break the Germ Cycle
By Elizabeth Montoya
The Importance of Hand Hygiene
By Henry Lin
How College Affects Mental Health
By Shea Dockan
How Does Marijuana Affect the Brain?
By Rena Zhu
Caffeine: When You Need to Get Stuff Done
By Hannah Segal
Pollution, Begone!
by Rahul Koonantavida
The Dangers of Free-living Amoebae
By Henry Lin
The Need for Power
By Henry Lin
Flu Vaccines: Yes, They are Still Important
By Shea Dockan
Meat Your Killer
By Sharmin Shanur
Mindfulness as Medicine
By Franchesca Buendia
The Psychological Toll of Wildfires
By Katie Traversino
An Active Mind in an Active Body
By Hannah Segal
Vaping: Once a Solution, now a Public Health Concern
By Sharmin Shanur
Red Meat: Should We Eat It or Not?
By Hannah Segal
Organ Trade: The Medical and Ethical Concerns
By Ashima Seth
The Reality of Food Insecurity
By Randy Yan
Abortion
By Jasmine Yuen
Structural Factors of the Opioid Epidemic
By Randy Yan
The Truth About Vaccines
By Randy Yan
The Effectiveness of Laughter Yoga
By Lauren Young
Can Living Alone be Deadly?
By Samar Arshad
The Benefits of Positive Affirmation
By Samantha Ahn
Gun Control as a Public Health Issue
By Ambika Vartak
The Flint Water Crisis
By Lauren Young
Climate Change-ing Our Health
By Samiha Ali
The Truth about Thirdhand Smoke
By Hafsah Ganatra
A Tale of Tears
By Ashima Seth
A Discussion on Diet
By Hafsah Ganatra
What’s the Risk?
By Jennifer Poo
The Effects of Structural Violence on Health
By Janki Patel
Rising Homelessness in the United States
By Annie Duong
A Very Brief History of Medicaid
By Dao Le
Doctors Crossing Borders
By Jennifer Poo
Take a Seat…or Maybe Not: The Effects of Prolonged Sitting
By Hafsah Ganatra
A Wrinkle in Cdk5: A Necessary Gene for Cortical Folding
By Dominic Javonillo
Needle Exchange and the Benefits of Harm Reduction
By Samiha Ali
A Crisis Averted?
By Hafsah Ganatra
Can You Hear Me Now? Probably Not
By Janki Patel
The Vision for the Future
By Min Ying Yu
Overcrowding in the E.R.
By Sadaf Qadir
Beyond Secondhand Smoke: Thirdhand Smoke
By Janki Patel
Pre-judging All People
By Amal Elali
Driving When Sleepy
By Ummulwara Qasim
The Impact of Genome Sequencing on Personalized Medicine
By Cristian Gonzalez
What’s in Your Water?
By Annie Duong
Stopping Gun Violence with a Bang
By Sukhman Rekhi
F45 Training: Are High Intensity Workouts Effective?
By Kathy Feng
Herd Immunity and Why it Matters
By Eashan Kotha
ObamaCare, Its Results and Its Possible Replacement
By Michelle Bui
Freshly Brewed Cup of Caffeine
By Amal Elali
Repetitive Strain Injuries
By Annie Duong
Got a Case of the Social Media Blues?
By Sukhman Rekhi
Going into the Dark: How Sleep Deprivation Damages Vision
By Michelle Bui
How We Can Continue to Asphyxiate our Arteries
By Manuel Seraydarian
Down in the Dumps: Sad or S.A.D.?
By Ashima Seth
The Male Contraception Controversy
By Sanika Joshi
Adderall Use: Risk or Reward?
By Sukhman Rekhi
Is Measles Really Just a ‘Harmless Childhood Disease’?
By Ummulwara Qasim and Sadaf Qadir
A Commuter’s Dream: Maglev Trains
By Henry Chang
Distracted Driving: Are You Sure You are in Control?
By Michael Vu
The Climate Change Conundrum
By Sanika Joshi
Bikram Yoga: Find Your Center in the Heat
By Lauren Young
What Does Food Safety Involve?
By Quang Minh-Dang
The Antibiotic Epidemic
By Annie Duong
The Importance of Mandating Paid Maternity Leave in the U.S.
By Sanika Joshi
The Consumption of Sugar and Its Effect on Cancer
By Amal Elali
Living Near the Freeway
By Kathy Feng
Radiation: Not the End of the World
By Henry Chang
Are Genetically Modified Organisms Good for You?
By Hiba Moiz
The Zika Virus for the Curious Mind
By Sanika Joshi
Food Safety: Is an “A” Really an “A”?
By Alai Qudus
Clogged Storm Drains are a Hazard to Public Health
By Katie Xing