Leah Alexander Imagine waking up one day to the belief that you are dead, that the life you are currently in is the “afterlife,” and that all your loved ones, who are still with you, are dead as well. This...

Connor Borden I remember the mood of Texan high school hallways after the first confirmed case of Ebola reached Dallas. Teachers were grim and tense. Students did not touch one another. A particularly tenacious cough was justification for missing school...

Aparna Alankar 14,124. This is the total number of suspected, probable, and confirmed cases and deaths of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone from March 25, 2014 to February 14, 2016 (CDC 2016). What no one is counting, however, are...

Nicole Acero This summer, for seventeen days, the whole world will unite as we set our eyes on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to watch the 2016 Olympic Games. Not only is Rio de Janeiro hosting this year’s Games, the country...

NATASHA PANDIT | Senior Editor Though likely to be a lesser-known health observance, April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month, as established by the International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders almost two decades ago.1 Outside of healthcare settings, bowel-related...

SHAWN PAUSTIAN | Senior Editor October of last year, California Governor Jerry Brown signed in the End of Life Option Act.1 Starting June 9, patients in California who are terminally ill can request life-ending medication and services from their physician....