Andrea Cumpelik In the past decade, use of prescription opioids has skyrocketed, and overdose rates have quadrupled. In the early 2000s, deaths attributed to nonmedical prescription opioids (NMPOs) surpassed those of heroin and cocaine combined (Paulozzi et al. 2006). The...

Davena Zhang Our knowledge of the refugee crisis began in 2015 with the alarmingly rapid flow of refugee travel from Middle East to neighbouring areas in Europe. For the migrants from Syria, the on going Syrian war has left them...

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...

ADITHYA KUMAR | Senior Editor From former president Bill Clinton’s “Hillarycare” to “Obamacare,” government attempts to taper healthcare spending have had questionable results. Preceding the last presidential election David Payne diagnosed the condition of the healthcare system in his Fall...